Summer, 4th grade & sports

British soccer camp 1st day of 4th grade


Nate had a good summer and kept busy playing in the sprinklers, and kicking the ball around outside. He really had fun at his soccer camp in August. He learned some good soccer drills and thought it was fun meeting players and coaches from overseas. He stayed to himself but says he liked going to play each day.
We spent a day at Silverwood at the beginning of summer and he really loves the rollercoasters. It's too bad we only got to go once but it's not cheap. He had a blast hanging out at the beach and building sand castles with dad.
He wasn't as excited to go back to school as his sister, but he is happy to be in a new school and doing okay. He's struggling in a few things but they are helping him. His teacher is very structured and keeps him in line. He gets along with kids in his class but says he has not made any new friends. He says he has plenty at the rink. One or two friends is enough for him, any more than that and he gets stressed out. He has decided to skate again this year too. We also signed him up for another season of indoor soccer on base. He has been playing video games and playing with legos too. He was just in a Guitar Hero contest at the base mall and got 4th place. He was the youngest in the group and even beat an adult, it was kind of funny. The fact that he got up there in front of everyone and played is awesome. He liked it when the older boys were cheering him on and clapping when he made it through his songs. He made it to the expert level but his score was lower than the older boys, so he was out after his first expert song. He also got a chance to play a song at the fair last month. He couldn't compete because it was all adults but they let him go up and play a song during a break. The DJ asked him if he was going to play on easy and he just rolled his eyes and said "no, I'm playing the song on hard". He picked Welcome to the Jungle and tore through it. When he went up to play there were only about 6 people watching, when he was done there was a crowd clapping and cheering, the smile on his face was priceless. I guess skating at meets has helped him get over the crowd watching. If he knows he is good at something he gets in a zone and goes for it. He really likes when he does something better than the big kids, especially his sister. When it comes to music, math, or science facts he's got her beat. He has been happy and more willing to try new things, we are very proud of him!