Wednesday December 2, 2009

 

 

Pancake Supper and Soccer Practice

…and Jesse visits the ER

Monday, November 30

 

About 4:30 Monday afternoon, our granddaughter Jana called to ask if I could come to their house for a pancake supper. I accepted.

Then Ian got on the phone and asked if it would suit me to go to his soccer practice. I said, “Yes, I can go tonight.” I loved his reply.  He said (with excitement in his voice), “YOU WILL!”

 

 

He was anxious to show me his shin guards and special soccer socks.

 

 

After supper, Jana gave us a one-song piano concert – Frosty the Snowman.

 

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Now who would have thought an invitation to a pancake supper and soccer practice would turn out to be a “God-thing.” 

Just before I got there, Jared and Jesse were tussling, and something happened that injured Jesse’s right arm.  So, it was decided that I would take Jana, Ian, and Jared to soccer practice, while Kristen took Jesse to the ER.  (Remember from yesterday’s post that the men are on a hunting excursion a few hours away from here.)

 

 

Soccer training warmup began with every student kicking a ball around the gym. 

This was the high school gym when I went to school – many years ago.  Now it is used as a rec center gym.

 

 

During this exercise each player chose a partner.  One bounced the ball between their feet, while the other did jumping jacks.  After a set amount of time, the coach asked them to switch.

Notice in this photo that they now have team shirts – which they received during warmup.

 

 

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Lining up according to the alphabet – I’m not sure if they used their first or last name.

 

 

Learning to walk sideways by doing the grapevine.

 

 

Playing soccer.  Ian was the first one to make a goal for the yellow team. 

 

 

By this time of the evening there were three groups:  one played soccer, and the other two did a variety of training skills. After a scheduled amount of time the groups switched.

 

 

In this exercise they learned to kick a moving ball, which was rolled toward them by a coach.

 

 

Wrap-up instructions from the coach.  I was impressed by his gentle training.

 

 

The crew I took to the gym. 

How can a grandma turn down those sweet faces, when they ask, “Grandma, can we go to the Twin Kiss for ice cream?”

 

 

Jared and Ian chose chocolate ice cream – one in a dish with sprinkles, the other in a cone without sprinkles.  My choice was a small hot fudge sundae – with LOTS of whipped cream.

 

 

Jana chose a chocolate/vanilla twist in a cone with sprinkles.

 

 

Guess who ended up with a chocolate mouth and face.

 

 

This is what Jesse looked like when we got home.  The xray did not reveal a definite break, but his arm was splinted and wrapped until Kristen could take him to a specialist in the morning.