A Couple of Firsts for Reed

Last week was a big week for Reed, on Tuesday he started the Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program at his preschool and then he had his first soccer game. I thought moving to the TK class at his school would be a breeze, he's familiar with all of the teachers there and other than it being in a different classroom and four, instead of three, days a week it is pretty similar to what he's been doing for the last year. I however, was wrong. For the last two weeks he's been crying almost daily about moving to the big kid class and not wanting to be away from Mom and missing out on his morning with Grandma each week. It's been rough and I've been dreading the first day. However, after a lot of conversations with me and two awesome teachers he did great on his first day (and the rest of the week too). I also often joke that I could probably leave Kieran at preschool and he'd be totally fine with it, it was pretty perfect when on the second day (the first full day) Reed refused to pose in the photo booth but Kieran was completely game to! I'm so excited to see what Reed learns this year and to watch him mature into the elementary school kid he will be next year.

On Saturday Reed's U6 (Under 6) soccer team, The Snakes, played their very first game. They've been having twice a week practices for three weeks and although the game was almost comical at times I was really impressed with how well the kids listened to their coaches and did their best. I think Reed is the youngest player on the team and a couple of the other players have a year of playing under their belt so he definitely has a lot to learn. The fact that he got his foot on the ball a couple of times during the game, at least kind of tried to block a goal, and only ran the wrong way once seemed like pretty big accomplishments! The most important thing is that he had a great time, so I think this has been a really positive experience for him so far. He also had quite the crowd cheering for him - Mom, Dad, Kieran, Pepe, Nonna, C, Lyla, Zach, and Lyla's Grammy all came to the game and we definitely made a lot of noise - I think he loved it!!! The Snakes won and all the parents made a tunnel for both teams to run through at the end of the game it definitely is the kind of atmosphere I was hoping for Reed's first competitive sports experience and am excited for the rest of the season!