Socatots
Beckham? Gazza? Or just plain old Shilton?
Whoever your England star of choice is, era is, or position is, then it's just not going to happen with the boy. He's a Jock (no labrador / poodle quips from the Stevensons) so he's not likely to grace a white shirt. More blue.
The point is, he's started football training.
We're four weeks in now, and our Socatots sessions are starting to go just fine. I was warned by MOTS that until he'd settled in there would be some difficult times, and she was right, as usual (just don't admit that to her).
Week 1
A venture into the unknown. So let's weight this up, shall we? He's the only one there without an official kit, because all the other kids had done the previous classes, and we get ours at the end of the session. Not bothered by that, but we do seemed bothered by the size of the hall. A little tearful and clingy at times, and shouting for Mummy a lot (she was outside in the cafe waiting for us). But, with the parachute at the end, a familiar friend from Tumbletots, he ended on a high. So that's the difficult one over with then, it gets easier. I hope.Week 1
Back into the lions den. Fully kitted out this week, and feeling part of a team. Fantastic! Much better at running about, and about half way through the 45 minute session I gave up on trying to follow the instructor's directions and just let the boy do his own thing - as long as it vaguely resembled what we were supposed to be doing. The main problem this week was just starting to get across what we should be doing in time to stop. Once I had realised this was sending a mixed message and stopped him enjoying doing related things, then we had a much better time. And then he went and lead the charge with the parachute at the end!!Week 3
An early bath. He wasn't in a good frame of mind this morning, a bit peaky and off colour. So 10 minutes in I realised it just wasn't going to happen. I'm not sure if it was the "want water - don't want it" or the lying down at the back of the hall face down, but an early bath sorted it out. Dreading next week, hope this isn't a "not keen on this game".Week 3
Cup final replay. Or so it felt, given last week. But... not one episode of being clingy, no tears, and constantly on teh go. Mostly kicking cones over that were being used by other kids, but on the go. Fully enjoyed the whole session, including the clearing up. Can't wait to be back next week! And a very well deserved coffee in Starbucks to follow, the remainder of the day was great too! I had the best day so far with him, it was magic!Four very different weeks, I'm not sure I can cope with the inconsistency. But if we tend towards last Sunday, that will do me just fine!
