Thomas's last soccer game.

Thomas is wearing his Baylor shirt as his goalie shirt.


Well, I am having major mommy guilt over this post. I was excited to get to watch Thomas's last soccer game this weekend. Bryon and I ended up having to split time between the kids' games this weekend. I took one, he took the other, we met for lunch, switched boys, and headed to the next round of games. We ended up playing 4 soccer games and 6 baseball games this weekend!

Anyway....

I got to go to Thomas's last game all by myself. I was all set to take pictures of my youngest goalie. I took some pictures of the warm up, then....nothing. My battery died right before the game. I feel TERRIBLE. This also happened right before Thomas's 2nd birthday party. Poor, poor second child.

Despite not having a single photo, I am glad I will always have the mental image of my Thomas's game. Thomas loves playing goalie. Just like his older brother. Thomas lacks the same "dive for the ball, aggressive, in your face, sacrifice your body for the play" mentality as his older brother. Folks, this isn't a bad thing. But, it makes for less dramatic plays at goal.

We don't know what has happened to our little man, but he has turned it ON this year playing goalie. Something has clicked, and he is loving every minute of it. I am proud to report that my little T-man only gave up one goal (per Bryon, it was uncatchable) in the entire 3 game tournament. I am so proud of him for his success this weekend.

After the second game, Thomas, in typical Thomas form, said, "If reading were a sport, it would be my second favorite sport...You know, soccer is my favorite." Well said, Thomas. ;)