Jenna's taking soccer this season for the first time. She's on a team of cute little 4 yr-olds who run around in clumps chasing the ball from one end of the field to the other. The games are played 3-on-3, so there aren't a ton of kids on the field at one time. The first few games, Jenna wasn't very motivated to get after the ball (who would really, when the girls all crowd around it and kick each other in attempt to advance the ball?) Well, Robby, being the nice dad that he is, wanted to motivate her to get out there and go after the ball, so he promised ice cream for a goal. Guess what... It worked!
Here's our little scorer! She managed (very much to my surprise) to get control of the ball at midfield and take it all the way down the field uncontested to score a goal! I must admit that the other parents must have thought I had lost it when I started whooping and hollering. You would have thought Jenna had scored the winning goal at the state championship. Hey, I was proud of my baby! (You would have been too, if you had seen how she went from pansy-picker to one determined little soccer player.) Of course, right after she scored she turned toward me and exclaimed, "I get ice cream!" Unfortunately, dad missed it because he had to be at school that morning!
And here is Jenna's biggest fan!
And of course the celebratory ice cream!
4 comments:
cute! when jenna becomes a pro soccer player, she'll credit all of her success to the gallons of ice cream she earned along the way.
That is a cute story, and one adorable soccer player! I'm sure there are more goals where that came from!
Sharon, that cracks me up! I can imagine some of my kids doing the same thing. Sugar is a huge motivator for kid action, unfortunately, it comes back to haunt us afterward with hyper kids. :)
She's 4?? When did that happen? Even with my serious lack of athletic ability, I'd probably be able to score a goal for ice cream.
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