Who is that cute soccer boy?

Well, the long awaited day of Rafe's first soccer practice finally came last Thursday. We have been talking about soccer, practicing soccer and buying adorable soccer gear for quite some time! Rafe was so excited about his first practice, but boy was he in for some disappointment. Practice was supposed to start at 6:00 so we got his new clothes and shoes on and went outside for some pictures. I cannot believe I am going to say this, but I was upset when I saw that it was pouring outside. Rafe did not understand that they probably would not have soccer practice now. We had to take pictures in the garage before we left.

We decided to drive to the soccer field anyway because summer showers usually do not last very long. Rafe jumped out of the car ready to play. It looked as if the rain had escaped the soccer field. He met up with his buddies, Hudson and Carter. Unfortunately the rain kept everyone else away so practice was cancelled. Hudson's daddy decided to do some "warm up" exercises with the boys and they did not know the difference. After about 5 minutes of warming up the rain came down hard and we had to leave. Rafe said, "Is practice already over? That was a short practice!"

So, last night was Rafe's official first practice. The weather was absolutely beautiful. I thought nothing was going to stand in our way. Boy was I wrong. It took Rafe the first 25 minutes of practice to "warm up" as he called it. He absolutely refused to do anything. What happened to my enthusiastic boy from the last practice? Luckily Cory arrived just in time and they had a nice father/son talk. I don't know what was said but I looked up and Rafe was running around, dribbling the ball, throwing and having a great time. If he needs to "warm up" on his own we will be going to practice at 5:30 from now on instead of 6:00. When we left Rafe said, "That was so much fun!" Who knows what goes on in the mind of a 3 year old!!