Saturdays have been soccer days for awhile now and Benjamin is loving it. Although he often doesn't want to go to practice, once he gets there is embraces it wholeheartedly.
The first hour or so of practice is "training" and they do these crazy drills.
Running down some make shift obstacle course where they hop back and forth over a bench. Or one kid gets on a big mat and the other team members push the kid down the court and then the kid on the mat shoots a basket and the first team to make a basket wins.
All the drills are run in German and it really is sink or swim for Benjamin. He hates to lose and like any kid doesn't want to be the kid holding his team up. He is about the only one on the team that doesn't speak German and besides his best buddy Clayton who just joined, is the only 2nd grader playing with all 3rd graders.
It is an intense 2 hours and he is sweaty and smelly and tired at the end. Often times we stop by his favorite d
önner place and he devours a huge Turkish d
önner in minutes.
On the Saturday that Marty was gone he happily and intensely played soccer and then Clayton came over for the day. I made a huge double batch of vegetarian chili and Josie had her friend Maya over and they studied for their German test together. All the kids got along so well and I had the music turned up while I cooked. It was such a comforting and cozy winter day.
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