Caden's 1st Team Sports

It's always tough to decide which sports and activities to let your child get involved in. Caden's first sport was gymnastics which he started in Germany with an Mommy and Me class. He's always loved gymnastics but hasn't been in it since last summer. Last spring he took swimming lessons. Then this past Fall he started playing tennis off and on when the weather was nice. He had fun with that too. We thought this year he was finally old enough to play a team sport. We try and limit his sports to one sport at a time. He really wanted to play basketball last year but we thought he was a little young. Honestly, four is still a little young for basketball. Overall he had a great time and that is really the most important thing.  I'm happy to say that Gracie made it to his last basketball game and first soccer game. She mostly slept but she made it.

Caden's last basketball game of the season was yesterday. His team was the Leopards. He played through a Christian organization called Upwards. We really liked the atmosphere and think it's a great organization to play sports though. Most of the kids on his team he's friends with from church, Carson, Kaison, Ben, and Jacob. His coaches were Aaron T. and Micah H. I think he was a little young to play this sport. He'd start off paying attention but as a game or practice went on, it was clear he would prefer to run around with his friend, Jacob, who is also 4. His other friends on the team are 6. The 5 and 6 year olds for the most part stayed engaged in the game and could for the most part make a basket on their own.  He's been practicing dribbling at home and anytime our neighbors across the street are outside playing basketball he asks to go play with them. They are 8 and 13 and always really kind to Caden. The end of the season program was Thursday night. The kids got a trophy and saw a Christian magician. It was neat.

Caden's 1st trophy

Caden made a slam dunk at his last game of the season

 

The Leopards
Back left to right: Micah, Kaison, Claire, Caden, Aaron
Front left to right: Micah, Caden, Carson, Jacob, Ben

Caden's first soccer game was also yesterday. His team is the Falcons. He's playing with some more of his friends from church: Nash, Andrew, and Elliot. Thankfully our church has a lot of boys in his age range and different dads from church volunteer to coach. His soccer coaches are Billy M. and Mark B. His team played against one of the attorney's son's I used to work with. Small world. I think we're going to have more success with soccer. During warm up he easily kicked the ball into the goal. During the game, he mostly chased the ball along with the other kids. I think he'll get the hang of it quickly.  

 

Passing the ball in to one of his teammates

Warm up before the game