Sunday Aug 29, 2010 Game Day & Pool Day at the Lau's

First off I'm finally starting a diary for Toby who is 4 yrs old.  I've meant to start this a while ago and actually have a few things I want to do as well. Like set him up with a gmail account and still thinking about a facebook account that only Emily & I have access to.  Well today was game day for him and his "Magic" teammates: Ikaika, Ronson, Xavier, Kaylee, Kaylee.  I must say that they did an incredible job! They were passing and dribbling the ball! There was one point in the game that a kid on the other team tried took Toby down on the ground and tried to grab the ball from him. Toby didn't like that at all. He was upset at the kid and even punched the other kid in the chest.  Toby was really upset that he started crying, so I took him out of the game so that he could mellow out.  Toby didn't want to go back for the rest of the game and wanted to just sit down on the side.  I really felt bad for him cause I've been teaching the kids the basics of the game and told them in practice that for now we do not steal the ball from the other kids. Just play defense by moving your feet, keeping your hands up and get the rebound.  The other kids on his team tried to cheer him up and it worked for a little while.  When I tried to put him back into the game he refused and just wanted to be on the sidelines.  The game overall was great. Too bad Toby was bummed for the rest of the game.  After the game he seemed to brighten up a little and played with his teammates outside but when we left he was quiet inside the car ride home.  It seemed to cheer him up when I told him that we were going to Uncle Cleighton & Aunty Jackies house to go swimming.  When we got there the kids had a blast! I was working on their computer while Toby and Naomi were in the pool.  When I was done with the computers I jumped in the pool with Toby and he was able to hold his breath under water and swim! Boy was I excited! And so was he! Toby just wanted to stay in the water and keep swimming even though he was cold.  I forgot to mention that Naomi pooped in the pool but nothing came out of her swimming trunks.  All her poop stayed in!  Well we finally got out of the pool and had dinner with the Lau's, Uncle Russ, Auntie Mona. What a way to end the day...