Jacob played his first Roseville Youth Soccer League game this past Saturday for his team, "The Sonics." We were so proud of him! He really chased the ball quite well, listened to his coached, helped his teammates, and even had lots of fun. He's playing on the 6/7 year old team in order to be with his buddy, Alec, so the kids are just a little older than him (he'll be 6 in November). He has practices Thursday and Friday evenings and games on Saturday mornings. It's been a lot of activity to get used to on top of starting kindergarten, but he seems to have boundless energy.
In the video, Jacob wears jersey #17. You might have to watch it a couple of times to see him clearly. I do have better footage, but by the time I retrieve it from the big video camera, he might be playing high school soccer :-) I'll post more as the season goes on.
Just as an aside, the mom screaming at the top of her lungs for "Jacob" in the video is not, in fact, me. There is another Jacob on his team and his mom cheers loud enough for the both of us.
been in our lives and how we've made it through the first year of his life. I always get a little choked up thinking about my baby leaving the "baby" stage and becomming a toddler. It always seems to to go way too fast.