Did we sign up for soccer or love connection?

So this week's soccer game wasn't much improvement over the last. Joshua is pretty naturally athletic, but he would either stand on the field and watch the game go by or he would run with his legs moving but his arms hanging limp by his side. We kept talking to him about it and at the end he did finally kick the ball a couple of times, but he still had that weird run. After the game I talked to him about how he was feeling out there and he said he was wanting to get the ball and win. Really? Then it came out that he wanted to be playing the dinosaurs' team from last week and he said he didn't feel comfortable and if there was a different team next week, he still wouldn't be comfortable. We did some more talking and we'll see how it goes.

The other thing that side tracked him from playing the game? A girl. Before we left for the game he said, "Mommy, there's this girl named Katie..." in this shy voice with a big smile on his face. He told me a few things about her and how he wanted her to be there at the game. Then midway through the game, he came up and told me he tickled her and she smiled. Eventually during a water break, which Joshua didn't take (who needs water when you're in love?), he started playing a chasing game with her back and forth between the goals. It was cute and I guess he's more relational than I thought, because though his friend Jack wasn't there today, at our last practice, he kept getting distracted from playing because he was trying to talk to Jack/poke him/etc.

If you want a visual to this story, I got clips of Joshua "playing" and chasing Katie...

http://community.webshots.com/album/577314384kXknrQ?vhost=community