Mighty Proud Momma and Papa....and lil bro

Today marked the start of a whole new chapter in the ongoing trial and tribulations of life in the Thornton family. You see, today was Aidan's first soccer game, and it marked the first of many organized sporting events that Momma and Papa will now be attending. Both us and Christopher, could not have been any more proud of how Aidan conducted himself on the field. Wait, I know that is the proper way to say it, but let me put it in laymen terms. AIDAN KICKED ASS AND TOOK NAMES!!!!!

Here he is at the start of the game. As I have told you in the past, he is a giant compared to the other players, and these next couple of pictures back up my statement.
(Please take notice of the Gig'em sign.....that's my boy!)


Aidan played two... of the four...10 minute quarters, and his team won 6-3. Aidan had three goals by himself, including one full length of the field breakaway, and he also had one assist on another goal. It was very cool. Here he is after scoring one of his goals. Notice that he is rubbing his head. See, most of the time, the players in this age group are small enough to fit in the goal. Not Aidan, he scored and then followed his shot into the goal, and proceeded to bonk his head on the top crossbar. OUCH!

Here is one more action shot of Aidan running towards the ball, while his teammate was more worried about his snotty nose.

Like I said in a previous post, Aidan looked like a monster compared to the other players. It was so obvious, that two different parents from the other team came over to ask us about Aidan and commented about his size. They also commented about his ability and about how fast he was, and that made us beam with pride. What a great afternoon.

PS. Here are a couple of new shots of Christopher. I wanted to show everyone how curly his hair is getting. I believe he gets that from his mother ;-)