Violet's Soccer Class

A couple of months ago, when signing Cora up for the summer session of Kidz Love Soccer, we noticed a parent-child class for 2- and 3-year-olds.

"Hey," we thought. "Violet is two now!"

She has been the youngest and smallest in her class, but every week someone comments on how good she is. When she's paying attention, she is actually quite adept at dribbling the ball and keeping it in her control while running with it.

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Notice I said "when she's paying attention."

Invariably, less than halfway through the 30-minute class, she'll lose interest.

Like the girl with the curl, when she is good, she is very, very good, and when she is bad, she is ... sitting on the grass, refusing to move.  Or drawing on the trunk of a tree with a stick. Or needing an extra long drink of water, in Mummy's lap.

You get the idea.

Love the determination!

Really, she's a bit young for this type of class. Stace wants to see serious soccer, folks, not tree-drawing. But, it's been fun to do something like this with Violet, and I'm sure we'll sign her up again when she's older.

We started Cora with Kidz Love Soccer when she was 3 1/2, old enough for the youngest kids-only, no parent-participation class. Even then, after one session, Cora said she was done with soccer and sat out the next two sessions. When she started again at 4 1/2, look out world!

In the photo here, Violet was happy to have removed the bib from Stace's waistband.

Daddy and his girl.

One of Violet's favorite parts of class - giving the class-ending "Kidz Love Soccer!!" cheer.

Cora giving a "high five" to Coach Carlos, who we've become friendly with over the summer.

We have been very impressed with the program's coaches. They teach the basics of the game with a lot of patience, making it fun for the children.