i am a pretty proud mama everyday, especially every saturday between 10 and 11 am when marcus is hard and work representing for the little kicker fc in oakville.
so i took a few short vids this weekend and wanted to post to share how he's doing with his mad football skills:
my favourite bits of these short videos are his tiny 'number one' points in the air after each goal, and how he goes back through the pylons to repeat the drill on his way back to the wall.
i just could not love this tiny little man more.
-kare
Showing posts with label saga of a soccer mom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saga of a soccer mom. Show all posts
Monday, 19 March 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
from the mouth of a marcus.
on the way home from school today:
"mom? can i go to soccer in the morning?"
me: "yes actually you're right. tomorrow morning you have soccer!"
"mom? can i tell you something? i'm going to do my listening. and, i going to touch all the pilons and then [den], i going to run and i going to kick the ball and score the goal. and then, i going to do my points." [aka when he scores he points both index fingers over his head while he runs back to the wall].
uh, couldn't be more of a soccer mom if i tried.
just saying.
-kare
"mom? can i go to soccer in the morning?"
me: "yes actually you're right. tomorrow morning you have soccer!"
"mom? can i tell you something? i'm going to do my listening. and, i going to touch all the pilons and then [den], i going to run and i going to kick the ball and score the goal. and then, i going to do my points." [aka when he scores he points both index fingers over his head while he runs back to the wall].
uh, couldn't be more of a soccer mom if i tried.
just saying.
-kare
Sunday, 4 March 2012
houston: we have a belieber.
more like we have a problem.
some toddler boys love elmo. some love lightning mcqueen. some love bob the builder and others love buzz or woody or if you don't get the point by now stop reading and close the browser window.
just kidding.
i kind of. may have. contributed to. created a monster.
it started about 2 years ago. when i started listening to justin bieber [a moment for you to stop laughing and catch your breath? yes, i am [a very young] 27. yes, i love me some bieber. i have used the term 'bieber fever' even. moving on.
i started listening to the biebs in the car with marcus. i would sing. he would sing. he would say 'mom! this is my part' and came to know every word. then he mastered his 'rapper face' and would even bust that out when the bridge/rap came in.
cue when the kid turned about 18 months. we let him watch biebs on ellen. he has never been the same. he idolizes the biebs. he watches the music vids. he knows every word - even to the christmas album. the music is totally kid-appro and kid-approved to boot. what's not to love.
now, he watches bieber vids on youtube on sunday afternoons and studies [seriously] every move and mimicks each kick, each choreo'd hand gesture [not that one. he's two people]. he loves it. and yesterday i just about died in both laugher and horror of what's to come - he was watching a bieber vid and said 'take off my t-shirt. i need to get my bieber shirt on.' so i laughed and helped him take off his pj top. he ran to his room and found a hoodie exactly like in the video, and his leather bomber to boot. then he asked me to do his hair like bieber. and pants like bieber 'peeeez mum' [thankfully my child only wears skinnies. we are on board].
the end product? a very happy but seriously.don't.disturb.me.when.i'm.watching.bieber.on.youtube. marcus james:
a side shot of his rapper face:
it would all be cute and said and done except that today he did not want to wear anything that didn't look like bieber. and it does sting when i try to jump in on his performances and he throws it down: 'mommy. stop singing. this is my part.'. ouch. okay. point taken.
so basically the kid has some serious swagger. [yes i just said swagger. and i'm a suburban soccer mom. that's funny.] we can deal. and his performances of baby/somebody to love/mistletoe/every song ever recorded by the biebs are pretty unreal. and if you're still shaking your head because i too love me some biebs - then shake away. because i have myself a two.year.and.six.month.old to back me up as a belieber ;)
-kare
some toddler boys love elmo. some love lightning mcqueen. some love bob the builder and others love buzz or woody or if you don't get the point by now stop reading and close the browser window.
just kidding.
i kind of. may have. contributed to. created a monster.
it started about 2 years ago. when i started listening to justin bieber [a moment for you to stop laughing and catch your breath? yes, i am [a very young] 27. yes, i love me some bieber. i have used the term 'bieber fever' even. moving on.
i started listening to the biebs in the car with marcus. i would sing. he would sing. he would say 'mom! this is my part' and came to know every word. then he mastered his 'rapper face' and would even bust that out when the bridge/rap came in.
cue when the kid turned about 18 months. we let him watch biebs on ellen. he has never been the same. he idolizes the biebs. he watches the music vids. he knows every word - even to the christmas album. the music is totally kid-appro and kid-approved to boot. what's not to love.
now, he watches bieber vids on youtube on sunday afternoons and studies [seriously] every move and mimicks each kick, each choreo'd hand gesture [not that one. he's two people]. he loves it. and yesterday i just about died in both laugher and horror of what's to come - he was watching a bieber vid and said 'take off my t-shirt. i need to get my bieber shirt on.' so i laughed and helped him take off his pj top. he ran to his room and found a hoodie exactly like in the video, and his leather bomber to boot. then he asked me to do his hair like bieber. and pants like bieber 'peeeez mum' [thankfully my child only wears skinnies. we are on board].
the end product? a very happy but seriously.don't.disturb.me.when.i'm.watching.bieber.on.youtube. marcus james:
a side shot of his rapper face:
it would all be cute and said and done except that today he did not want to wear anything that didn't look like bieber. and it does sting when i try to jump in on his performances and he throws it down: 'mommy. stop singing. this is my part.'. ouch. okay. point taken.
so basically the kid has some serious swagger. [yes i just said swagger. and i'm a suburban soccer mom. that's funny.] we can deal. and his performances of baby/somebody to love/mistletoe/every song ever recorded by the biebs are pretty unreal. and if you're still shaking your head because i too love me some biebs - then shake away. because i have myself a two.year.and.six.month.old to back me up as a belieber ;)
-kare
Sunday, 5 February 2012
it's official.
i am a soccer mom.
[squeeee!]
cue the orange slices. enough to share. obv. cue the cleats. even though we were to find out there was no pitch so next week, we will be in runners. cue the proud parents. as in both of us. both totally excited and totally proud and totally supporting marcus on his first day as a member of little kickers fc. lk fc. it could not get cuter.
the truth? for a 2-year-and-5-month-old to be engaged in any one activity for an hour solid is a tall order. and he probably would have stayed and played and kicked and ran for another 2 hours. he was in toddler-boy heaven. plus, two of his best buds are also enrolled which meant he was instantly comfortable in a new place, with otherwise new people and coaches, and just picked it up and ran with it...literally.
if you didn't know when you started reading that i'd post far too many photos of this day in history, you don't know this soccer mom well enough :)
i love the photo of marcus and liam on the bench in the bottom right. sometimes at this age you forget how tiny these little guys are as they are certainly not babies but not quite boys. somewhere perfectly in the middle. aren't they so little and ridiculously cute on the bench together?
here are my top highlights of the day:
1. the intro activity where the team sits in a circle and they said hi to each little kicker and each coach one at a time. marcus loves learning new names.
2. the warm ups - it is pretty funny to see a room of 2-3 year old little kickers doing an entire warm up routine like they are little pro players :)
3. the uniforms. i would pay the registration fee just to see my little guy in that official kit every saturday. even the mini-soccer balls and mini-nets are branded 'LK FC'. it is totally pro-style and was just so exciting for us!
4. seeing james try his.very.best. not to get too emotional watching marcus. this was a huge day for daddy as he is from manchester and lives. breathes. eats. sleeps. soccer and has dreamt of marcus putting on a kit for 2 years and 5 months. it was awesome.
5. my orange slices were a hit with the other kids too! what a great way for marcus to make new buddies during the water breaks by sharing the orange slices! love that.
6. marcus is my little striker. he sees a ball, and a net, and he just does the math and makes it happen. he is a great little kicker and passer.
7. coach phil "marcus, run around the pilons! weave in and out of them!"
marcus "i running and i kicking the ball!" [runs alongside the pilons with his eye on the ball and net on the other side of the drill set-up and just scores a goal instead. we will work on his agility :)]
8. great group of kids and parents! happy to meet new peeps and even happier to spend saturday morning with some of my fave moms!
clearly we can't wait to go back for more.
see you next saturday coach phil and coach mark and coach dan!
-kare
[very proud little kickers football club soccer mom]
[squeeee!]
cue the orange slices. enough to share. obv. cue the cleats. even though we were to find out there was no pitch so next week, we will be in runners. cue the proud parents. as in both of us. both totally excited and totally proud and totally supporting marcus on his first day as a member of little kickers fc. lk fc. it could not get cuter.
the truth? for a 2-year-and-5-month-old to be engaged in any one activity for an hour solid is a tall order. and he probably would have stayed and played and kicked and ran for another 2 hours. he was in toddler-boy heaven. plus, two of his best buds are also enrolled which meant he was instantly comfortable in a new place, with otherwise new people and coaches, and just picked it up and ran with it...literally.
if you didn't know when you started reading that i'd post far too many photos of this day in history, you don't know this soccer mom well enough :)
i love the photo of marcus and liam on the bench in the bottom right. sometimes at this age you forget how tiny these little guys are as they are certainly not babies but not quite boys. somewhere perfectly in the middle. aren't they so little and ridiculously cute on the bench together?
here are my top highlights of the day:
1. the intro activity where the team sits in a circle and they said hi to each little kicker and each coach one at a time. marcus loves learning new names.
2. the warm ups - it is pretty funny to see a room of 2-3 year old little kickers doing an entire warm up routine like they are little pro players :)
3. the uniforms. i would pay the registration fee just to see my little guy in that official kit every saturday. even the mini-soccer balls and mini-nets are branded 'LK FC'. it is totally pro-style and was just so exciting for us!
4. seeing james try his.very.best. not to get too emotional watching marcus. this was a huge day for daddy as he is from manchester and lives. breathes. eats. sleeps. soccer and has dreamt of marcus putting on a kit for 2 years and 5 months. it was awesome.
5. my orange slices were a hit with the other kids too! what a great way for marcus to make new buddies during the water breaks by sharing the orange slices! love that.
6. marcus is my little striker. he sees a ball, and a net, and he just does the math and makes it happen. he is a great little kicker and passer.
7. coach phil "marcus, run around the pilons! weave in and out of them!"
marcus "i running and i kicking the ball!" [runs alongside the pilons with his eye on the ball and net on the other side of the drill set-up and just scores a goal instead. we will work on his agility :)]
8. great group of kids and parents! happy to meet new peeps and even happier to spend saturday morning with some of my fave moms!
clearly we can't wait to go back for more.
see you next saturday coach phil and coach mark and coach dan!
-kare
[very proud little kickers football club soccer mom]
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