Tudes and Outties

Today was Zack's last day of soccer camp. He learned many new skills. His assessment read as I figured it would! He scored highest in aggressiveness, and lowest in self control, patience, and teamwork. You see Zack gets VERY angry when he is not the best at something. This is one of the reasons I put him in soccer. Surprisingly, I have noticed that his anger is much more than I thought it would be! He gets very very angry any time the ball is stolen from him. His face turns VERY sour. My son needs to learn to be a good sport and how to congratulate others who do well. We shall see how much character he learns this season! Check out his angry face. This was taken about 40- minutes after he lost a game!

And, to be completely candid, this mom needs to learn to ease up a bit and let him mess up enough to learn. I was surprised to notice that his language acquisition is still an issue. For instance, when the coach said to turn the ball from the outside of your foot, Zack had no idea what he meant. For Zack, outside means outside the house as in in the open air! So, I am not going to tell the coach that he is adopted, but I am going to tell him English is his second language. I find that when I have told coaches/teachers about his adoption, he is treated differently, and Zack HATES for people outside of our family to mention Russia.

I hate seeing his coach instruct him to do something and then Zack flounder. It appears as though Zack is out to lunch, but he is just confused by the terminology.

He wanted Sonic hair!

After lunch, we went to the Plunge where Zack went off the diving board for 2 hours straight while Sophia swam and made a ton of friends. I love seeing the kids do physical activities instead of sitting around at home or stuck in the car all day long. Today as I watched them play, I could not help but melt inside. I am so thankful that God chose me to bless through their little lives.

I was shocked at how many kids commented on Zack and Sophia's outties today! Kids are amazed that their belly buttons stick out. The doctor in Russia suggested I have them fixed just in case the kids model one day. I laughted that one off and figured that an outtie is a non-issue. And, I still think it is a non-issue, but I never expected kids to point them out so much or even to notice. Zack said, "I try to push it in, but it just pops back out"!

Quotes:

Preface: I bought Zack and Sophia identification bracelets - well I just had phone numbers put on them in case of emergency.

Sophia: (looking down at bracelet) Mom, why haven't we used this yet.

Mom: Used what?

Sophia: My bracelet. We need to use it.

Mom: In an emergency, you may need to use it.

Sophia: "Mom, we need to get lost"!!!!

Two Days Later:

Wanda: Sophia, you better go to your mom or she is going to leave without you.

Sophia: It's okay, you can just use this! (she points to her bracelet)

Zack: Mom, where does Michael Jordan live?

Mom: I'm not sure. He probably has a lot of houses.

Zack: Can you check on the computer and take me there.

A day later:

Zack: Mom, did you find Michael Jordan's house. I need to learn some skills. Did he play soccer too?