Each year, Shawn Griffin, the head coach of Hobart Lacrosse, runs a six-week soccer clinic at daycare for the 3-5 year olds. Last year, Claire was very hesitant and nervous the first couple of weeks, but ended up having fun in the end. We encouraged her to play again this year, even though she was nervous and hesitant again. Minus a little snafu the first week (she's terrified of the "sharks and minnows" game, which was renamed the "cat and mouse" game) during which she screamed in horror when the game started and ran to a teacher, refusing to go back in, I think the weekly practices went well! The last week of soccer, Coach Griffin runs an evening clinic that the parents are invited to. Claire had fun and was a good friend to a couple of kids who were nervous about joining in. She offered to hold their hands and run with them so that they would be happier.
Jack wanted to get in on the fun so badly! He stole Claire's ball while she was off playing, and made his own fun. Next year we will have 2 Little Kickers on the field!
Side note, Jack fell at daycare that day and smashed his little head on a toy shelf. It split open, but luckily did not need stitches. He just got to rock the bandaid-on-the-forehead look for a few days!
This is likely after Claire tried to interrupt Coach Griffin to tell him something while he was in the middle of talking to everyone on the field. Ooops.
Daddy got to be the coach of Claire's team for the big game!
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