A whole lot more fun than a baby shower!

This is one of my grandsons. His name is Mikey. Today, his mother, Brooke needed to go to a baby shower for Steve's sister, Christine. It just so happened that it started at the same time as Mikey's first soccer game. With Mikey's dad gone on a film shoot, Grandpa got to go to Mikey's game. We rigged up my truck with his car seat and drove to the soccer fields. West Valley has so many soccer fields that there was no parking, so we drove halfway back to Mikey's house and parked on the street and walked.

Mikey loved playing soccer. He wanted to kick the ball anytime he could, especially when the referee wanted the ball to be left alone. One of Mikey's teammates started the game off by kicking the ball into the wrong goal. As soon as he did it, he got this big smile on his face and turned around looking for his dad's approval. I don't think he ever figured out why his dad wasn't very pleased.

Mikey's team didn't seem to even understand why they were there, so Mikey's team only scored two goals. The funny thing is that Mikey didn't seem to know why he was there either - and he scored both the goals. He just likes to kick the ball. He had two girls on his team and they were both pretty good. A couple of the boys sat on the side and cried. Some of the time, the boys just wanted to talk to each other and totally forgot about it being a game.

Once, when it looked like Mikey's team was doing a good job moving the ball down the field, Mikey just stopped. He had seen a bug in the grass, and he was immediately on to better things. The best part was when the game was over, Mikey got a treat - a granola bar. He peeled off the wrapper, ate half of it, wrapped it back up neatly, and said "I have to save this half for my sister". His mom asked if he was nice to the other kids. His response? "Yep, I didn't even talk to them". We had a fun time, Mikey never quit talking on the whole drive back to Bountiful and seemed to be excited about getting to go home to a party where "no boys are invited" (baby shower).