1st Soccer Game & 1st Buggy Days

This weekend was busy and fun for the Selph household. I felt rough when my alarm went off this morning. The closer I get to 29 the more spending the weekend away takes out of me. Sad but true. It was a wild one, but it was worth it. =)

Garrison experienced his first soccer game Saturday morning bright and early and later in the day Austin experienced his first Buggy Days. We were all worn out Saturday night!

If I had to sum up Garrison's soccer game in one word, it would be emotional. Who knew a 3 year old soccer game could be so exciting, boring, traumatic, discourgaing, and devestating? Wow. If nothing else it was entertaining. But still a little disappointing for almost everyone involved. Our poor team had a tough time of it. The game started great but went downhill fast. Half of our team cried (translation: sobbed) off and on throughout the entire "2nd half", 1 of our players decided not to play at all, and another player decided to lay down in the middle of the field to rest during the middle of the game. Like I said, our team just had a tough time of it.

Garrison seemed to enjoy himself at first and ran after the ball and went with the "swarm" of other kids, but eventually he got overwhelmed and discouraged because he couldn't get to the ball. At practice he was used to running with the ball by himself and practicing dribbling and scoring and playing 2 on 2. At the game, there were 8 kids going for 1 ball and not everyone got a turn to kick. In fact, there were no taking turns at all, it was just survival of the fittest out there. He never started crying but did completely lose interest and sort of gave up. I don't think he made it on the field a single time during the 2nd half. But he did participate in Duck Duck Goose after the game to cool down. That's a positive! It made me sad to see him disappointed and discouraged but it was a lesson learned and hopefully things will be better as he gets more and more used to the games and what it means to be on a team. Only time will tell.

We only got a couple of pictures because we got distracted trying to keep Garrison motivated...



My parents came over to see Garrison's first soccer game and kept things light for us. We probably would have been even more discouraged and disappointed if they hadn't been there. They were definitely entertained and laughed and laughed... and reminded us more than once that they're only 3. =) They also helped out a ton with Austin who wasn't thrilled to be at big brother's soccer game during naptime.

After the soccer game was over we rushed home to pack up and load up so we could head to Barnesville for Buggy Days. We finally made it to town right before the parade started... the current highlight of our Buggy Days experience.

Austin was all smiles but continued to keep a paci in his mouth since he was so tired from missing his naps.

The parade was good and the kids loved it but man was it HOT. We were so sweaty and disgusting afterwards. Yuck. Thankfully my mom had a cup full of ice that kept Austin entertained and cooled down. 

 

Here come AnAn and Frankie! Garrison was thrilled about seeing them in the parade. =)

The firetrucks, band, and horses and buggies were the other highlights for the kiddos. I was just so hot I couldn't make pictures of anything but the horses when it was finally wrapping up. Then we went straight to get fresh squeezed lemonade. Delish!

We spent the rest of the afternoon shopping around and walking the streets. Normally we always head home after the parade is over but this year we didn't arrive until the parade started so we did all our walking around and visiting booths afterwards. It was so crowded and hot that it wasn't the most enjoyable experience. I think Garrison loved every minute but Austin was out of it... so much so that I started worrying about him. The minute we got back to my parents' house I got him in the bath tub and cooled down. We ate take-out and got the boys to bed early since we'd had such a long day before going over to Terrell's parents house to visit and celebrate our brother-in-law's birthday. It was a fun ending to our day!

 

Sunday at church was wonderful and lunch was delicious. We are definitely spoiled with great food whenever we're in the hometown. Sunday afternoon we got home, got unpacked, got ready for school today, and then everybody crashed. We were pooped. 

 

Granna and Papa purchased both boys a toy of their choice at Buggy Days and they have been the biggest hits so far. Austin got a little wooden train and Garrison got a John Deere tow truck. =)

I'm excited both my boys got to experience the Buggy Days tradition this year. Maybe next year will be even more fun for Austin... and not quite as HOT!