Airplanes and soccer

We had to follow Andy to the downtown plant so he could leave his truck this morning, so I suggested we take Sawyer to the Hangar Inn to watch the airplanes.  He definitely loved it.  He kept pointing out the different airplanes, and couldn't stop talking about the ones hanging from the ceiling inside.  We got to watch a few planes take off and land too.

Later that afternoon was Sawyer's first day of his soccer session, and his first time alone.  We saw Jill and Easton on the way in and I got to hold tiny baby Jensen (which you can't see in the picture unfortunately- thanks for telling me Andy!)

The kids lined up and I noticed one looked to be 5 or 6 and it is a 3 1/2 to 4 year old class (there is a 4-5 class after).  I was annoyed because he played really rough and a few times while Sawyer tried to play the games right he would blast either the cones or Sawyer's ball away.

Sawyer had a bit of trouble because the ball keeps rolling fast in the gym whereas the grass he is used to is more forgiving.  I want him to move down to the younger glass since he is still in the age group for them, but Andy wants him to try another week at least.  I thought he had a bit of a hard time since he is clearly way younger than everyone and he looked to be more stressed than having fun.  He would kick the ball into weird places and you could see the internal struggle knowing he isn't supposed to touch it with his hands but can't get it with his foot.  They had a game where he had to keep dribbling it then stopping it with his foot but he had the hardest time trying to lift his foot to the ball before it rolled away.

This was the same coach he had his first year when he had just turned two and he is a bit more intense.  The coach last summer seemed to be a preschool teacher turned soccer coach whereas this guy seems to be a former soccer player that wants some spare cash. :/  I guess we'll see how it goes.  The next session is outside so he should be able to handle that one better at least.

There were actually about 10 kids in the class, they just hadn't showed up on time