*Select Soccer Tryouts*

Last week, Harrison tried out for the Kennesaw FC U10 Select Soccer team. He went to 2 nights of tryouts and boy did he shine! I went the first night and watched him show those 9 year old boys how it was done. He was the smallest one out there and he was running circles around them! He was dribbling, looking up for a pass, moving into space for a pass, and shooting on goal. It is funny how he just gets the game so well. I'm sure it helps that we had him on the field at just a week old. He has literally been raised on the soccer field, watching me and JJ play. Then he started his first soccer camp at age 3 and was on a team as soon as he turned 4.

Anyway, JJ is going to help coach his team that will start in the fall and go all the way through next summer. Should be fun juggling that and his hockey schedule!

I have a Third Grader!

Today was Harrison's last day of school! I can't believe he will start the 3rd grade in 2 1/2 months.....he is supposed to be my baby and he's growing up too fast! Anyway, the last couple of weeks have been exciting. Harrison was chosen to represent his class in the 2nd grade Spelling Bee. They had a class spelling bee and he was the best boy speller. So last Friday at 8:15 they had the real one. He was so nervous, I could tell by the way he was sitting on the stage. When it was his turn, he walked up to the microphone, with his head down. His word was "those", which he spelled correctly, smiled and returned to his seat. The second round, his word was "stood", but he spelled it "S-T-O ( along pause here) -U-D.....when the teacher said it was incorrect, I could see the anger/sadness on his face. He returned to his seat until the end of the round, then was dimissed to the audience. He came and sat with me, and I could see how upset he was. He is just so competitive. The bad part is, they only gave us 2 nights to study the 1200 words. We never made it to "stood." Either way, we are so proud of him for at least making it that far and trying his hardest!

This week, they had Award Day on Tuesday. Harrison got 4 certificates: Best Speller, Perfect Attendance, an Art Award, and a Certificate of Promotion to 3rd Grade! He was so proud when he came home with those to show off!

Now to enjoy summer break and keep on reading. He has recently decided that he likes to read, so I am loving that! We will be going to the library every few weeks to get new chapter books for him.

Easter Sunday at the Phillips Farm

We had so much on Easter! We went to Papaw Lamar's farm for lunch and had an easter egg hunt in the orchard. Like always, the egg hunt was over quick. They found about 60 eggs in 2 minutes flat, not bad for 5 kids! On the way back to the house, we let the horses out of their stall to visit. We had to keep them put up until the eggs were all found so they wouldn't eat them.

We were able to go visit with my family for the 2nd half of the day. They waited to have the egg hunt when we got there- mainly because there were no other kids! So, we have WAY too much candy in our house right now- they better keep it hid- between me and the dog, it may not last long!

A trophy........FINALLY!!!

On Friday night, the Red Rockets had their end of the year party and awards ceremony. We got there at 5:00 and they had street hockey set up in the parking lot. Those boys played until we made them come in at 8:00. They didn't want to stop to eat and the rain didn't deter them either. When they finally came in, they were wet (from sweat and rain), muddy and thirsty.

Coach Jeff had all the boys gather together and he handed out the trophies and individual awards, one by one. This was so special to Harrison because in all the sports he has played, for some reason, they always give out medallions instead of trophies. He was beginning to get frustrated looking at Brennan vast trophy collection. The moment finally came.......Coach Jeff started talking about this one little boy that was "new to his team this year, but he had noticed last season on the other team." He said that he felt like this young player "will grow up to be a superstar on the ice." He also joked about "the horrible jerseys he wears to practice".....which got a good laugh from the parents. He was awarded the Future Superstar Award along with his trophy. He came straight home and added it to his bookshelf. Funny how it takes such small things to make kids happy!

Parent vs. Kids Hockey Game

Last Sunday morning, Harrison's hockey team played against "The Dads." For some reason, none of the mom's stepped up to help out the parent team. I thought about it but Jason told me I would get hurt! He was probably right, I can barely skate!

Anyway, about 10 dads put on their ice skates and hit the ice. Of course, Jason welcomed the opportunity and did pretty well too! They had a 30 minute practice game, which often consisted of all the boys on the ice against 5 dads. Then they had a real 10 minute period and at the end, it was tied up at 3.....so they did a shootout! Just for fun, they let all the players take a shot on the goalie. In the end, we somehow let the kids win. Jason got a goal and Harrison got several throughout the hour.