New Soccer Star

Scarlett and I went to a free soccer demo class today organized by one of my mommy friends who's son has been taking the class with his dad. I've seen the class listed in our city's recreational dept.'s list of courses and I had thought that it was ridiculous for 2 year olds to be able to play soccer. Well, this morning's class definitely taught me that it's possible. While they don't quite learn to play the actual game yet, it's not too early to teach them the fundamentals of soccer through "games" that they can get into. I'm not sure yet if Scarlett loves soccer. She was really excited about going but during the actual class, she did peter out and lose interest after a while. Although, the demo class was a compact version of many of the things taught in a typical 2 year old class, which meant that many of the skills taught in today's class require that they've been going through the class regularly. So all in all, I think she did fairly well. You can watch for yourself and see that she is able to score a goal (and again, and again).

Here's Scarlett kicking her soccer ball (until she eventually decided that it was easier to just pick up the ball).