Even before Avery was born, Chris and I talked about our kids playing sports. After all, to be a member of this family you’d better like sports! But we didn’t think Avery would be able to participate in any organized sports until she was 5 or 6. Then a few months ago, Chris discovered that the local Y has a soccer clinic for 3-year-olds. We figured soccer was a good sport to start with, so we registered Avery for a short four-week soccer skills clinic. The clinic also includes parent participation. Maybe she’ll be more likely to try something new if Daddy is doing it alongside her.
After registering Avery, the next thing we had to do was buy soccer equipment.
Trying on shoes.
Look at the tiny shinguards! I had no idea they came in such small sizes.
Here’s all of her loot: pink shinguards (size XXS), pink and black shoes (size 8.0K), black shorts (size XS, because there weren’t any XXS in this color), white socks (size XS, again because this was the smallest size) and another pink soccer ball (size 3). Avery requested all of the pink. We tried talking her out of some of it!
She’s all ready to begin her clinic! It was scheduled to start tomorrow, but we just got a call today that the clinic has been postponed one week. Somehow Avery will have to contain her excitement for one more week.