The Evans Family: Eli's 1st Soccer Game

I couldn't wait any longer to blog about Eli's first soccer game! This was super exciting for us so I will get to the other stuff later :)

Eli missed the first game because we were on our way to Destin. The next game was rained out! So this was his actual first game. I've been so excited about him playing soccer! We can't wait to get him involved in sports and this was our first oppurtunity. Soccer probably wouldn't have been our first choice of sports but it's hard to avoid it in Northwest AR! It's everywhere! Chad and I know nothing about soccer so we have a lot to learn! Eli is on a team of 7 kids total and we are friends with 3 of them! Their team is the Silver Fox Pups! The team is for kids ages 2.5 - 3 years old. I wasn't sure how they would teach 2 1/2 year olds how to play soccer but the coach is really sweet and amazingly good with the kids.

At first Eli just wanted to kick the ball into the goal like the other kids and play with his friends!

We will have a time teaching him he can't touch the ball with his hands!

Best friends, Eli and Alexi (the girl he goes to the babysitter with)

The Silver Fox Pups. These are the only kids who showed up for the game.

Team huddle.

I couldn't believe he actually sat there.

Well, he sat there for a little while, not the whole time. But I was still impressed ;)

He couldn't pass up blowing the dandilions!

Hopping down the field. They had them hop from one end of the field to the next. It made me tired just watching! Then they asked the parents to come "hop like a bunny". I passed.