soccer and building confidence

Yesterday Enoch had his first soccer game. He runs around and plays hard with me at home, but he was completely intimidated with all the other kids. He mostly just walked around and made funny faces, looking at the ground, while the other kids chased the ball around. If the ball came towards him, he would walk away. It's hard as a parent because we just want him to have fun and run around and kick the ball. Sounds pretty doable to me and I remember loving soccer when I was 4-5, but I guess it intimadates Enoch. We went home and played soccer outside and I kicked the ball really hard at him all the time, knocking him over a lot. I tried to convince him that I'm bigger and meaner than the other kids, so if he can play with me than he can play with the other kids. Hopefully it worked. Told him that as long as he tries, we are happy, but he has to at least try. Next week he promised to try to run around and kick the ball.

Hopefully he gains some confidence! If he would try and believe in himself, he would actually be quite good. He's good with me at home, that's for sure!

what does this mean?

The primary choruster told us that Enoch is the shyest kid in primary... but he's also the only one who memorized his line for the primary program and said it loudly and clearly.

Primary program

The primary program was today. Enoch had the following line:

"I can gain a testimony of Jesus Christ by singing primary songs."

I know it because Sharon practiced with Enoch over and over again. He had it memorized and said it very well without needing help. He was very proud of himself and it was very fun. He was one of the only kids in his group to memorize his line. Many people complimented Sharon throughout the day. Good job Sharon and Enoch!

Yesterday, in the rehearsal, Enoch was too nervous to say his line. He also didn't sing anything. On the car ride home, he wanted to turn the music up loud. I made a deal with him that we would turn the music up loud if he sang loud in church. I think it worked, because today I occasionally saw him mouthing some words. On the way home from church today, he reminded us that he sang a "little bit" louder in church, so we should turn up the music in the car for him.