It's Official: I am a Soccer Mom!

There are some things that you take for granted when you have a typical child. He or she will have friends, probably do things like go to the prom, date, etc. The same is true when you have a kiddo with special needs but you sort of put it in your mind there are some things that you won't do. I don't mean for that to sound like I am not an optimist. Those of you that know me know that my glass is always way more than half full. It's just that you have so much to get done on your "short list" that you rarely have time to look at the "long list". For me one of them was seeing my son play sports on a team. I never, ever thought that I'd be a "Soccer Mom". Well maybe that was because Curly is not a soccer guy.....he's a football, tough-guy-sport dude....lol. Today, it happened.

An awesome man and his wife in a neighboring community who also have a child on the "spectrum" formed a league called "Soccer 4 All" where anyone can play. High school students from the area team up with the kids and are their buddies on the field (it's called a field right?? I don't know sports at all....lol). We worked on getting Logan used to the idea for a few weeks now and he was stoked! He had his shorts, spikes, shinguards.....he was ready to rock. We woke up to sunny skies here in Cleveland today which was awesome because the 1st game, last week, was rained out. Those of you that know Logan, know that he is extemely sensitive to light. We hooked him up with two pairs of glasses and Daddy's baseball hat and he took to the field like a champ. A really sweet girl named Molly started to engage with Logan by working with him and showing him some moves. It was awesome! They warmed up and then started the game. He was so focused and in to the game unlike anything I have ever seen. He loved it, he really, really loved it.

Wanna hear the "kicker" (pun intended...lol). LOGAN SCORED A GOAL!!!!!!!! It was so sweet and special seeing him do it and also seeing how excited he was after he scored. My baby!! It was a great day!

We ended the day by going over to Curly's sister's house to celebrate her 50th B-Day (Rock on Weezie the Geezie!.....lol) and Mother's Day with my Mother-in-Law. We had a really nice time just hanging out and talking. My BIL, makes a mean margarita! Y-u-m-m-y!!

Before the game giving "The Fonz"

Molly helping Logan with his laces

Molly and Logan (how cute is she???) Wonder if she babysits???

Running down the field with the ball

He's going in for the shot!

Getting ready to........

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!! (if only that kid in the red pants wasn't blocking my shot) Hi-5's from Molly

Little Miss Sunshine

Oh wait....she's eating rocks! But she sure is cute doing it, huh?