Blue Lightning....

At the end of last spring, Ethan was done with soccer. He had officially lost his interest and seemed downright bored with soccer. So we decided not to sign him up again with the same league.

Well, a lot happened since then. Ethan got his tonsils out in the spring, had some healing time, and when September rolled around, he said, "When's my soccer game?"

At first I thought, oh, he wants to play because he sees his brother getting a cool drink and treat after each game, and he just wants that. But after further investigation, he really did just want to play!

Well, then I felt bad I hadn't signed him up to play. So I found another league that he could still sign up for. It's a shorter season because they play 2 games per week, but we thought we'd give it a try.

There were pros and cons to this league.

Cons...it was like Ethan stepped back in time 2 years and was playing on that skill level. None of the other kids on his team really knew how to play or were afraid of the ball. Games were also played on a smaller field.

Pros...Ethan was the star of the team!!! He played like I've never seen him play before! He was more aggressive than ever!I'd never seen him run so fast! He was running back and forth from goal to goal attacking that ball!

He even fell several times trying to get the ball and would jump up and run some more!

He wasn't afraid of bigger players or a little contact! He went after that ball no matter what!

He even scored 3 goals this season! WOW! He scored the FIRST goal for his team at the FIRST game. He'd only been in the game about 1 minute and GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!! I was needless to say a crazy screaming Mommy!

So after 4 short weeks, the Blue Lightning team was done. And of course they ended with a trophy. Yes, it was dark when his game ended!!!
We're so proud of Ethan! I think next season we'll be a little more eager to sign him up!

Great season Ethan!!! Love you!