Vitaly wants to be a professional soccer player when he grows up and he is pretty good and so Dave has been asking around on the best way to get him involved in soccer. One of his patients has 2 sons that play pro soccer and he reccommended a team and a coach and Dave contacted the coach. They practice on Tues. and Thurs. and in the fall they will play one game in Logan and one game in SLC each week.
We took Vitaly to try out and they accepted him on the team. The team is made up of boys from many cultures. Most of the boys are from South American countries and so Spanish is the predominant language of the team. Dave and Devin speak Spanish and so we thought that maybe if English doesn't come too easily, that Spanish wouldn't be so bad.
A funny thing happened at the practice on Tuesday. Dave overheard some boys on the team talking about Vitaly. One said "He is from Ukraine" another boy said "No he's not, he is from Nay Panny My O" (this is how you pronounce "I don't understand in Russian." Vitaly still laughs about this little "joke" when we talk about it. It sounds kind of Spanish (like cinco di Mayo) and evidently the 2nd boy had asked Vitaly where he is from and he said in Russian "I don't understand" and so that became his homeland.
Spencer is at a cub scout day camp today. We didn't know if he would actually go at the last minute although he seemed pretty excited when Tyler explained what they would be doing, (Zipline, shooting, archery, bikes etc.) I hope it goes well today. We have my sister and her family in town and so I didn't go as a chaperone but my friends did and they took Spencer under their wings and he will hopefully have a blast! He looked cute in a scout shirt and the boys were all excited to spend the day with him.
Spencer learned to ride a bike yesterday too. He has been trying to do it for a few days but last night it clicked and he is able to race with the best of them now. I hope he doesn't decide to take a bike ride and get lost while we are not looking. There are more things to worry about as we try to help the boys learn the limits and the boundaries.
All is well
Christy
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Bah-ha-ha!!! That is the ONE Russian phrase I learned and can still say! Only mine was "I don't understand Russian!" Too funny. It does sound sort of Spanish when you think about it.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome he made the team!
Alex has loved scouts and is going on his first overnight trip tonight.
We worried about the bike thing too but one thing about growing up in an orphanage with little or no supervision-at least at our orphanage-these kids have a great sense of direction! I think Alex can get us places better than some of my teenage drivers!