Today marks the start of the On Goal Soccer Camp; all three boys in attendance.
Matthew: Still not old enough for the full day (9 to 3) camp; he's in the MicroStars camp with the 1st graders and Kindergarteners. He was placed on a team with two of his friends from the indoor soccer team, Ty and Greg. Probably not the best choice for the competitiveness....those three might be the three best from that team. Matthew had a lot of fun and described the score of his one game as, approximately 38-2. Don't know if I believe him...he did say that he, Ty, and Greg scored a lot and the two girls on their team scored "none".
Christopher: While Matthew was overjoyed to see his friends at camp, Christopher wasn't very happy to be at camp at first. He's always been shy when confronted with a situation like this, and hung around Mom and Dad an awful lot waiting for the camp to begin. But, it did, and the coaches introduced themselves, and, aside from saying their name and hometown, they had to say their favorite animal. Any animal talk is sure to be a hit with Christopher. They called the kids up to disperse to their portion of the fields...Matthew and the K's and 1's went first, and then the soon-to-be 2nd graders. They walk out in line and Suzanne and I get to say our favorite (and it doesn't get old) phrase..."Man, look how much taller Christopher is than the rest of the group!"
Christopher reports that he did, in the end, have fun. He's on a team (the Rainbow Monkeys) with another girl that he played soccer with this year (there's at least 2-3 other 2nd grades there he knows) and he says that he did well. By the end of camp he'll be everyone's friend......
Kevin: Kevin has been to On Goal before, but, not in a while. He's in the 7th and 8th grade group, and, knows at least half of the kids there. His team, the Zimbabwe Zebras (I've had a lot of fun with Kevin about being on a team named after a country that's been on the short end of the human rights stick recently), has more than a few of his friends from Chippewa. Kevin's playing defense, and he reports that his team went undefeated in their matches against the other 3 7-8 teams.
Kevin, also, has been racing to memorize the chosen bible verse for this year's event. Apparently, it's not just knowing it, it's how fast you can say it. Kevin's at 12.1 seconds, and was timing himself on his watch earlier tonight. This year's camp theme is "Play with Purpose" and the verse is "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" - Philipians 3:12-14
Had a nice dinner out with the family tonight...the boys were (mostly) well behaved as we celebrated our anniversary. Kevin tried some of the spinach-artichoke dip and liked it, so, that's always a bonus when he steps up and tries something different. He ordered off of the adult menu (had the cajun-tenderloin tips that Suzanne and I both like) and that had a noticeable impact on the final bill at the end.
