Welcome to Lacrosse!

Terry took up a new sport this year...he's trying his hand at Lacrosse! This is our first experience EVER with lacrosse and we knew nothing about the sport until he joined the league this year. The first thing we learned is that lacrosse is not a cheap sport:

Registration...$100
League dues...$25
New cleats...$30
Equipment rental...$85
Replacement elbow pads...$35
Seeing your son stop a goal with his kidney...PRICELESS

Terry doesn't think that is very funny, but he is definitely learning to take his licks. He wasn't actually PLAYING goalie when he blocked that goal. Or the time he stopped a goal with his elbow. He just sort of found himself in the wrong (or perhaps "right") place at the wrong (or perhaps "right) time.

So Terry is teaching us the rules as he goes...and as he learns them too. I have to admit that lacrosse is actually a little more entertaining to watch than soccer (if you ask me). The rules are simpler, there's more contact, fewer penalties, and a higher score. So it moves a bit faster. All in all it has been a pretty good experience. The fact that he can catch a ball with a basket on the end of a stick is pretty impressive actually.