Soccer

With Zander's sensory issues, basketball was quite a struggle for us all and not very enjoyable. However, outside soccer is a different story. He still hears and gets distracted by everything, but it is not frightening to him. I think we may have found our sport, if he will stop eating grass, leave the other children alone so that they can pay attention and keep his head out of the holes in the goal. He does seem to enjoy it although he doesn't quite understand what he is supposed to do. Well, I shouldn't say that he doesn't understand, he just can't quite put it all together at the same time. So he puts on a very serious face and just runs. He has managed to kick the ball by accident once each game.

YMCA basketball

Well, the season is almost over and it has been quite an adventure. Zander started out the season crying all the way through practice. The first several games we had to be on the court with him for him to go out there. He was very afraid of all of the noise in the gyms. He has gotten used to it now and only looks at me for support when he hears the buzzer and he has learned that he can cover his ears.
I have really enjoyed watching the kids. Their attention span is very short and they are crawling or rolling around on the floor as much as they play.
His pictures are really cute but if you look closely, you will see that he is bawling. His daddy had to get in the picture with him just for him to take the picture. I think next year will be better because he will know what to expect.
Dare we try soccer?

Grandparents house

Look at the focus! Can you tell that CiCi has a new camera. Mom and Dad were nice enough to pick up Zander last week while Summers and I worked late. He had a ball as you can see. He is such a creature of habit though. Dad says when they go outside, he has to have his bat, all of his softballs, a basketball and a golf club. He also still thinks that he has to cook in CiCi's kitchen.

On this particular evening, they pickied him up and I think he was going to be there for about 1 1/2 hrs. He needed to do all of that plus eat dinner and have a bath. Somehow CiCi pulled it off. Summers says that he was a little upset and whiney before bedtime because he didn't get to do everything. Maybe next time!