Soccer

Jaylin has been doing Special Olympic Soccer Skills for the last couple of months. The team had a tournament in Rochester today. He had to do three different skills: dribble the soccer ball from one point to the next, kick 5 balls into a goal (he made 4 outta 5), and do this little square course were you have to run kick the ball in between cones, go to the next and do the same. Jaylin tried his best and did a great job. After lunch he was starting to melt but he got control of himself (earning his last sticker to go out to eat at Applebees helped a lot). At the end of the day he came home with a 4th place ribbon. Not bad for only playing soccer for a couple months. I was extremely proud of his performance on and off the field. The event was nice. They took a picture of each child, printed it out, and framed it which I thought was wonderful. Jaylin was very proud to show it off to his grandma and my stepdad when they got home tonight. It was a long day but we enjoyed ourselves especially spending time with our Special Olympic family. After we came home and relaxed for a bit we went to dinner at Applebee's with Aimee and Alex.