Sports are not for everyone, these are some early signs

Blurmore

My son Eli is 4, he is a VERY entertaining child. He has a marvelous mind for music, and math. We put him in soccer for the fall, here are the highlights...



Later in life you psyche out other players by talking about their girlfriends, or telling 'your mama' jokes, but at 4 the tongue suffices.



A little 'check out my abs' mommies, air guitar.



"If I kneel down like this...they will never KNOW I'm scratching my butt!"



"No, YOU go ahead and kick it bro, I'm good."



"Yeah, uh, whatever coach" My wife wants him to start hockey this winter. I told her if we can get the concept of pulling OTHER player's jerseys over their heads we may just have something. I'm thinking he may enjoy....I dunno..ballet more. :dunno

Comments as always are appreciated.

gluwater

:giggle :lol


Thanks, that gave me a good late night chuckle!
Your son is cute and looks like a handful. I loved the captions and especially the air guitar.

Mitchell

These are great. Thanks for posting the pics and commentaries.

I've got one of those also. IQ off the scale, but unable to play sports! Fortunately, he's happy just being on the team and running up and down the field.

rutt

That first one is laugh-out-loud funny.

Andy

these are great
in my youngest son's first year of tball, 2004, i have a pic of him building a sand castle in the infield

i know from where you come !

hesaias

Oh man, those are great!

As far as cutting up, he is 4. I coach 8-10 yr old basketball. I love watching the 5-7s because of that very thing. The kids are so much fun to watch at that age, and it helps build strong healthy bodies too.

Both of my kids are brainiacs, AND sports minded too. Don't let the IQ part fool you. Smart kids make terrific athelets(sp)!

illuminati919

Haha, awesome pictures. These are the kind of pictures you can show your son when he's 16 and his girlfriend is right there with him, he might get just alittle embarrased, but great pictures, I though they were really funny.

Ann McRae

Love them!!!!
I bet he will surprise you though - he has more of the requesite 'in your face' attitude required of a competitor than the overwhelmed and stoic little guy beside him!


Mine have been playing since they were 3 or 4, they all still play competitive rather than house, and they are all brainiacs as well. My oldest now trains with the provincial team. At 3, he was far more interested in his ritz crackers not being broken than kicking the ball. Dandelion pickers is what we call them.


Enjoy - there will be tonnes of great memories from sports or music or spelling bees!

ann

Baumann

Don't give up on him yet...
My son is considered GATE - a fancy way of saying he drives the teachers
nuts because he thinks faster than they do...
..we did the baseball thing (missed more than one play chasing butterflys in the outfield)
..The Soccer thing (almost scored against his own team twice)
..Then we found tennis....
13 years old, 5'2", 90mph serve. Scares adults. Kinda funny. But I won't get on the court with him.

Nir

Great set and comantary!

Thanks and good luck with MATH!

KMCC

Oh yeah! These take me back about 15 years when my two sons were making an abortive start on athletic careers.

I distinctly remember one soccer game where my oldest spent all of his playing time collecting dandelions.

Great shots. Hang on to those.

prity goldfish

hahahahaha i LOVE it! especially the second one! thanks for sharing!

MelP

funny
Those are great. I really like the one with the shirt over his face.
I think you captured the moment wonderfully.

Mel

Photosbychuck

Hi, Blurmore
I also like your photos and thanks for posting them.
My little girl had a late birthday so, she can't even start school till next year.
She turned 5 Nov. 15th so, She will be one of the taller kids in the class.

Take Care,
Chuck,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mars_Hill_College