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| Cohen stretching with the soccer coach. He was hanging on to that ball, though, so no one would get it! |
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| Practicing ball control! (Don't you just love his backwards hat? He insisted upon wearing it that way!) |
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| Walking the balance beam! (Mom and Dad were impressed because typically balance beam ability isn't developed until kids are about 3 1/2 or 4 years old.) |
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| Enough of that soccer business, let's give baseball a try! |
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| Point, step, and throw! |
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| He was trying to knock down the "tower" with his ball. |
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| Being a good listener for his coach! |
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| Time to practice that swing! |
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| Great job! |
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| Getting a baseball stamp for being a great participant for the day! |
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| Goooo little sluggers! (Or in Cohen's words, "Go lil' fluggers!") |
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| The worst part of the day...a bite! Who lets their kids bite these days?!? (Mommy side-note: I don't think I've ever been more furious at a child in my life (not mine, of course)...or another mom, for that matter - she didn't really do anything to try to stop it and she was standing right there!!! Needless to say, they were kindly asked to leave.) |
On Sunday, Alamo Tot Sports (a program for kids 18 months to 5 years) were offering their free demo days to come out and try their sports classes. We signed Cohen up for both soccer and baseball (because when we asked him which one he wanted to do he couldn't decide). Soccer was first and Cohen was loving it! UNTIL the coach told C to go and "get the orange ball." C was simply following those directions when one of the other kids grabbed it at the same time and didn't like Cohen trying to take it, so that other kid bit the daylights out of Cohen's arm. After a wash with soap and water, an antiseptic wipe, and a Lightning McQueen stamp on his other arm, all was well again and he was back on the field.
Cohen's a natural when it comes to sports. He was impressing the coaches and some of the other parents yesterday - not to mention his own. We couldn't be more proud. At the end of the day, he decided he really preferred baseball (which his daddy was thrilled about!) and so he is going to join the Lil' Sluggers for the next 12 weeks and learn some of the fundamentals of baseball in an age-appropriate way. We look forward to enjoying this program and will definitely be posting more pictures (taken with the camera and not my iPhone), and maybe a video or two! Stay tuned! :)
