upword soccer...

levi looks so big to me these days...
especially compared to his sisters and now that he's in school...
well, sometimes it takes me a minute to remember that he is only 4.

but last night i was once again reminded of the fact that he still is my "baby".

daddy came home for a quick break from work because he didn't want to miss levi's very first team sport evaluation.
he joined his schools "upword" soccer team. eventually, when the season starts they will be broken up into teams by their ages, but last night during the evaluation he happened to be surrounded by kids twice his size. he looked so little and new.

when we first got there brian and i took one look at the group of k4-8th grades waiting in line for their evals, then glanced at each other speaking our "secret language with just our eyes"...

saying to one another "he is going to be freaked out by this, maybe we should go home, he's still too young".
but he hopped right out of the van and quickly surprised us.
he wasn't shy one bit and jumped right in like he belonged.

through all 6 tasks the instructors would tell him what to do...
he would look up and say "ok, yea, sure... i can do that" and then he did!
just as he was told.

at one point the head guy took note of him after one of the tasks and told him...
"your doing great, i can't believe your only 4, and have never played before".
(which made both brian and i smile).

the night left brian and i debating for some time as to who's athletic abilities levi got...
and even though my husband likes to think it's his....
i'm pretty sure i made it clear with our "secret language with just our eyes" last night that it is in fact his mamas.