What a ball!

AJ's soccer season has come to an end. I'd like to say his final game was his best yet. But that would be, well, lying. It's amazing how much he forgot and/or regressed in the two weeks since his last game. Gone was the assertive kid who chased after the ball. AJ pretty much reverted back to the kid at the beginning of the season who stood in the net in hopes that someone would kick the ball to him. His one "goal" of the night... was kicked into the wrong net.

But he had fun, which really is all that matters. And I now have a button with AJ's picture on it, which makes it all official. (And yes, to the grandmas who read this, we have pictures for you, too.)

I thought watching the coaches try to line up the kids for the photo was almost as entertaining as watching them try to keep the kids focused during some of the season's practices and games. To aid my feeble memory in years to come, here's who's in the picture: front row - Gino, Jack, AJ, Avery; back row - Rachel, Riley, Hanna, Owen. Coaches: Joe and Rod.

AJ didn't seem too sorry to see the season come to an end. Probably because just yesterday we registered him for... drum roll, please... hockey. Though his memories of soccer should last far longer than his attention span did. When we told him we'd signed him up to play hockey, his first question was, "Will Owen's dad be my coach?"