He's no Benny-ball-game, who once scored 7 goals, but he is trying his best to run after the pack huddled around the ball, and he gives a kick when he can get one in the middle of the sea of shins.
Andrew is a sweetheart who really likes to socialize. He is often chatting with members of his own team or the other team on the field. When he's sitting on the sidelines he likes to chat with his friend John (who has his arm around him in the picture above), and Andrew has been practicing holding John's baby brother.
Side note -- James is quickly becoming the same size as Andrew. He's only 5 or 6 pounds lighter and an inch or two shorter, while being 2 1/2 years younger.
Andrew was invited to a birthday party that overlaps one of his soccer games. He wants to go to the whole party (he loves this friend), and told me something like how he doesn't get to kick any goals anyway. I gave him a pep talk about not letting your team down once you have committed to it, but he could go to part of the party, don't worry.
This season is compressed into just a month or so, with games on Wednesday nights and Saturday afternoons. It makes Wednesdays a juggle, with an occasional Ben baseball game plus scouts for the two older boys plus all of JB's bishop meetings and appointments. Saturdays can be busy, too.
We are trying to give our boys opportunities, but can really only handle just one sport at a time for each of them. And Max said he was ok not doing anything this spring. I think he was waiting for his basketball coach to let them know more about the plans he mentioned for a super league.
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