Me: hey, you guys wanna play soccer on a soccer team?
AJ: YEAH!
Owen: No.
Me: It'll be really fun. You'll get to play with other kids, and meet new friends and we'll get you some cool new soccer shoes and a soccer ball.
AJ: YEAH! That'll be COOL!
Owen: No, I don't wanna play soccer.
Me: Well, daddy and I will come and watch you. We'll be there the whole time and we'll cheer for you from the sidelines as you kick the ball and score a goal.
AJ: Cool!
Owen: No. I don't want to play soccer. The other kids will take the ball from me and smoosh me.
Me: (with a sigh) Ok, buddy - we'll find something else for you to do.
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So, over the weekend:
Me: Hey, Owen.
Owen: yeah?
Me: AJ is going to start playing soccer on Monday, so we need to start thinking about something fun for you to do.
Owen: ok.
Me: Do you know what you might want to do? Like.....Art classes?
Owen: yeah!
Me:...or swimming....?
Owen: yeah! swimming!
Me: ...or gymnastics?
Owen: yeah! nimnastics!
Me: well, you have to pick just one.
Owen: (thinking) ummmm....how 'bout.....swimming!!
Me: Really? Ok. Well, just so you know...that when you take swimming class, you have to actually get in the water. And listen to the teacher and like, learn to swim.
Owen: No. I don't want to.
Me: Well, daddy or I will be there with you. We'll swim in the pool too.
Owen: No. I don't want to swim. I would fall in like this (starts flailing his arms around in circles) and I would get kilt (killed) by the water like this (makes choking sounds).
Me: (with a sigh) Ok buddy...we'll think of something else.
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5 comments:
Owen = Art classes. Nice try Tams, valiant effort. Maybe he'll try sports next year. :)
teach him to shoot....
I think Art sounds awesome... he's already got such an eye for drawing... and conceptually he can create things that I still have trouble grasping (like drawing an entire train... upside down... from memory!) I think you should have a go with it!
I vote for Art! He is such a creative little booger.
(Love the picture by the way)
I'm with Dan...teach him to shoot.
That way he won't worry about the kids taking the ball and smooshing him. It's a whole new confidence level when you know - I could take him out from 200 yds if I wanted to...
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