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Sebastian Catch-Up: Rides, Soccer
So much to catch up on.
Rides
Last Saturday (April 14th), I took Sebastian to the traveling zoo that was set up in the Shaw's parking lot in Diamond Hill (Woonsocket). He went on the train ride, although he's getting a little big for that; then he went in the moon bounce twice. After that, I twisted his arm.
I've been trying to get him to go on a pony ride for three years now. Until now, he's always refused. This time, though, he gave in and agreed to give it a try.
He didn't seem that excited while he was riding, but a minute after he got off he totally stunned me when he told me that he wanted to try the camel ride, too.
He liked it a lot.
After that he went on the moon bounce again, and then on a large rotating metal bear ride. We shared a fried dough, I bought him a candy apple, and finally with great difficulty I managed to get him in the car so we could go pick up Teri.
Soccer
Sebastian has been getting chubbier; not obese, I think, but definitely overweight. Given our family history, that's a real concern. So we signed him up for soccer.
His first practice was on Thursday. It had originally been scheduled for Wednesday, but it was delayed a day because of rain. It was also moved to a field that was much closer to us, but unfortunately right next to the Projects.
Don't take this the wrong way, but our little guy is not a born athlete. Which isn't at all surprising; there are no athletes in my family, and apparently none in Teri's family either. Sebastian kicked the ball about two feet on his first try, and on his second or third try missed it completely and fell on his bottom. But he was cheerful about it, and kept trying.
Oh, I forgot: just before practice started a woman backed her SUV into our parked car. I didn't see it happen, but Teri started shouting at me from the field and ran towards the car. The damage wasn't severe, but it was enough to warrant an exchange of insurance information.
Anyway, back to the practice. Although we were told that there wouldn't be goalies in the 5-6 league, Sebastian wanted to be goalie for the practice and the coach obliged him. Perhaps he wanted to build up the morale of the rest of the team, because every single one of them scored who was able to kick the ball towards the goal. Eventually Sebastian got a big laugh from onlookers when he plaintively asked "When can I be not a goalie?"
But he had fun. He and I definitely need to practice, though.
His first game was scheduled for that Saturday, and I'll admit that I was a little worried. I know it's just a game, but I didn't want him to get hurt or terribly embarrassed.
For the game, he got to wear his uniform for the first time - a red plaid shirt, black shorts, and black socks.
The other team was short a few players, but the ones who were there were very aggressive. One tiny girl shouted at one of our players "You're going DOWN!".
They also surprised us by assigning one of their players to be goalie. In response, our coach assigned goalie duties to players on a rotating basis (he was also rotating kids in and out of play, since we outnumbered the other team).
The other team did a good job of moving the ball towards our goal, and got three or four shots at the goal before our team got even one shot in return. But our goalies successfully stopped the ball every time.
When he was on the field, Sebastian was in the back of the pack, mostly. I noticed that when the ball came his way, he kind of avoided it. But he did successfully stop the ball when he was goalie. I cheered and applauded.
Eventually one of the kids on our team managed to score, taking the game to 1 - 0.
At one point I noticed that Sebastian wasn't visible on the field, although he was supposed to be playing. Teri spied him in the corner on the far end of the field. I ran over there and asked "What are you doing?"
"The coach told me to throw the ball!" he answered.
"Good, now go and CHASE it! Keep playing!" I answered. The people around us laughed as Sebastian took off down the field.
The aggressiveness of the other team actually ended up costing them. They were SO aggressive that they were hurting themselves. Their coach finally had to forfeit the game, because too many of her players were injured. Not one kid on Sebastian's team was hurt, though.
Here's Sebastian's victory dance. It's also my first Youtube video. Unfortunately Youtube kept rejecting the original AVI file; it wouldn't give me a reason, it just kept saying "failed". So I had to convert it into WMV, which definitely looks worse.
Rides
Last Saturday (April 14th), I took Sebastian to the traveling zoo that was set up in the Shaw's parking lot in Diamond Hill (Woonsocket). He went on the train ride, although he's getting a little big for that; then he went in the moon bounce twice. After that, I twisted his arm.
I've been trying to get him to go on a pony ride for three years now. Until now, he's always refused. This time, though, he gave in and agreed to give it a try.
He didn't seem that excited while he was riding, but a minute after he got off he totally stunned me when he told me that he wanted to try the camel ride, too.
He liked it a lot.
After that he went on the moon bounce again, and then on a large rotating metal bear ride. We shared a fried dough, I bought him a candy apple, and finally with great difficulty I managed to get him in the car so we could go pick up Teri.
Soccer
Sebastian has been getting chubbier; not obese, I think, but definitely overweight. Given our family history, that's a real concern. So we signed him up for soccer.
His first practice was on Thursday. It had originally been scheduled for Wednesday, but it was delayed a day because of rain. It was also moved to a field that was much closer to us, but unfortunately right next to the Projects.
Don't take this the wrong way, but our little guy is not a born athlete. Which isn't at all surprising; there are no athletes in my family, and apparently none in Teri's family either. Sebastian kicked the ball about two feet on his first try, and on his second or third try missed it completely and fell on his bottom. But he was cheerful about it, and kept trying.
Oh, I forgot: just before practice started a woman backed her SUV into our parked car. I didn't see it happen, but Teri started shouting at me from the field and ran towards the car. The damage wasn't severe, but it was enough to warrant an exchange of insurance information.
Anyway, back to the practice. Although we were told that there wouldn't be goalies in the 5-6 league, Sebastian wanted to be goalie for the practice and the coach obliged him. Perhaps he wanted to build up the morale of the rest of the team, because every single one of them scored who was able to kick the ball towards the goal. Eventually Sebastian got a big laugh from onlookers when he plaintively asked "When can I be not a goalie?"
But he had fun. He and I definitely need to practice, though.
His first game was scheduled for that Saturday, and I'll admit that I was a little worried. I know it's just a game, but I didn't want him to get hurt or terribly embarrassed.
For the game, he got to wear his uniform for the first time - a red plaid shirt, black shorts, and black socks.
The other team was short a few players, but the ones who were there were very aggressive. One tiny girl shouted at one of our players "You're going DOWN!".
They also surprised us by assigning one of their players to be goalie. In response, our coach assigned goalie duties to players on a rotating basis (he was also rotating kids in and out of play, since we outnumbered the other team).
The other team did a good job of moving the ball towards our goal, and got three or four shots at the goal before our team got even one shot in return. But our goalies successfully stopped the ball every time.
When he was on the field, Sebastian was in the back of the pack, mostly. I noticed that when the ball came his way, he kind of avoided it. But he did successfully stop the ball when he was goalie. I cheered and applauded.
Eventually one of the kids on our team managed to score, taking the game to 1 - 0.
At one point I noticed that Sebastian wasn't visible on the field, although he was supposed to be playing. Teri spied him in the corner on the far end of the field. I ran over there and asked "What are you doing?"
"The coach told me to throw the ball!" he answered.
"Good, now go and CHASE it! Keep playing!" I answered. The people around us laughed as Sebastian took off down the field.
The aggressiveness of the other team actually ended up costing them. They were SO aggressive that they were hurting themselves. Their coach finally had to forfeit the game, because too many of her players were injured. Not one kid on Sebastian's team was hurt, though.
Here's Sebastian's victory dance. It's also my first Youtube video. Unfortunately Youtube kept rejecting the original AVI file; it wouldn't give me a reason, it just kept saying "failed". So I had to convert it into WMV, which definitely looks worse.