soccer practice

Well, Dean had his first soccer practice last night. He was so excited. Helped me gather up all of his new stuff ( soccer ball, shin guards, cleats) got dressed in his new soccer pants , socks and shirt.
We get to the soccer fields, Dean couldn't wait to get his shin guards on and get out on the field.

We get to his field, meet the coach, Dean goes out and practices for a while. About 10 minutes of learning to dribble the soccer ball and staying in bounds, Dean breaks down in tears and sits next to me on the sidelines crying rest of the practice. Could not get that child back out there to practice. When practice was over he gave the coach five and said see you Wednesday.

Now Dean is a very shy child when it comes to meeting new people and he doesn't always like to join a group of kids playing. BUT, he has asked and talked about playing soccer since his cousin played last fall. He has been so excited and thats all we have heard about, him playing soccer. First thing when we got home last night from practice, he wanted to know when we got to go back and if we could practice at home today.

Not sure how it will go but we will try again.