Gael at the Futbol Funatics summer camp
He is such a natural. You can tell just by looking at the picture, right? Gael can do anything physical from running, basketball, football, headstands, basically anything that involves a good amount of physical energy and a disgusting amount of sweat. He even beats me at bowling. OK, maybe that isn't too difficult a feat. But I swear he was born to do this. Go ahead, laugh at me, call me exaggerating, brush me aside as a doting mother. Laugh now cause I'll be peeing-in-my-pants laughing when Gael kicks YOUR kid's ass at a football game in a few years.
Unlike Paco, I'm not even dreaming of Gael training with FC Barcelona or a multi-million Euro contract with Real Madrid. (Wait, I think I got that wrong.) I simply want him to continue this love for yoga, gymnastics, football, swimming and whatever else athletic/sporty he will get into. I don't play any sport and I've gone to the gym a total of about a year in all my 36 years. If it weren't for the infernal heat this summer I'd never break into a sweat. My sorry middle-aged, jiggly, flabby body is now paying for these sins and I'll be darned if Gael and Aiden make the same mistakes.
Wow, you Gael seems like a natural in the field. I would love to have my son hooked on a sport. For now, we're "brainwashing" him to "love" taekwondo! But deep in my heart I know he loves arts and music more than any sport.
ReplyDeleteGael was always active, even when he was just crawling. My 3-year-old is the one that is into pretend play and music. How they can be so close in age yet so different is a mystery to me.
ReplyDeleteThis boy could dribble a football well before his walk was steady. He really has that athletic, physical gene. And the best part is that he LOVES it. There are studies to prove that the things we love tend to also be the things we do well. What a gift. What a joy if Gael will continue to find joy in athletics, and continue to do well.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the study I refer to:
http://gmj.gallup.com/content/1147/now-discover-your-strengths-book-center.aspx
That is a super concept, Tish!
ReplyDeleteRone. I watched him play last Tuesday. Natural! He scored a goal by kicking it right smack in between the poor goalie's (o, the boys will get mad again and say "mama, goal KEEPER not goalie! Time warp) feet. Kicking it to the open sides of the goal was just too easy. Bull's eye! Problem was the goalkeeper was my boy! Haha
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should move back to Spain????
ReplyDeleteMaybe the Casa Verde crew needs a Spanish base. Explore language and football as well as our roots!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the Casa Verde crew need a Spanish basecamp... reconnect with the language, the culture, the sport and the family roots!
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