The Cheetahs!

Nolan played in his first soccer game this morning!  Nolan plays on the Cheetah team and their team color is orange.  This morning we had to arrive at the fields a little early to register and receive his team shirt.  Nolan met his coach, Coach Dan and received two Easter eggs filled with candy.  Nolan was super pumped to finally wear his soccer spikes, he has wanted to wear them to school for the past few weeks.  After daddy, Uncle Joe, and Carter settled into their seats, Nolan and I started to practice a little on the field.  Of course, Carter wanted to join in on the fun too.  I snapped a few pictures of Nolan, Carter, and Bill playing around on the field.

After the entire team showed up, Coach Dan rounded everyone up to start practice.  Practice included warm-ups and being silly.  Nolan was really shy at first and didn't want to go out onto the field by himself.  Papa and Nana showed up just in time for warm-ups.  Nolan started to warm up with the other kiddos and felt better knowing Papa and Nana were watching him.  Shortly after Boppy, Memaw, and Bekah showed up to cheer Nolan on as well.  The Happy Feet coaches call the soccer ball "Bob".  It was cute to see the kiddos "stop bob", "tap bob", etc.

Warm up and practice ended, so the kids grabbed a quick drink and were back on the field for game time.  

"Go Cheetahs!!"

Nolan was timid at first and didn't try to get the ball.  The opposing team, the Zebras, scored against us and the ball was ours.  Coach Dan gave Nolan the ball and he got the hang of dribbling and he had the drive to score a goal!  And score Nolan did!! Everyone shouted and cheered for Nolan.

Nolan was so proud of himself after he scored the goal, he ran back to the other end looking at his shoes and almost ran into his goal net! haha

Whew it started to get warm, thank goodness it was half time and the kids could grab a drink.  Papa wanted to talk strategy with Nolan during down time.  Really Papa, he's 3!

After the second half all the kids were given a popsicle and a stamp.  Nolan loved them both!  What a great time Nolan had and I could tell the game really helped to build his confidence.

Good job Cheetahs and to my handsome little guy, Nolan!!