Soccer

Well soccer season has officially ended. It's always bittersweet.  I'm ready to have my Saturdays back, but it sure is fun watching the girls play and to see how much they have improved. Maia has improved so much since starting 2 years ago. In the beginning, she was reserved and timid and didn't like to be in the middle of any of it. She was fine to sprint down the field and kick the ball as long as there weren't any other players around:) Now she gets right in the middle of it all. In fact today I overhead twooms talking and one of them said "she's mean!" About Maia. It really bothered me... She's not MEAN, she's just aggressive! That's how you play the game! I get tired of parents who complain about everything or think their kid needs to be babied. What ever happened to buck up?! Anyway, I'm so proud of her aggressiveness and her hard work this season. This picture is from tournament day. They had three games (9am, 10am, and 12 noon) to determine if they made it to the championship game. They won two of the three so they played the championship game at 3 pm. The poor girls were so tired. It was a long hot day in the sun for sure. Her team is really good tho and they played so hard! Maia had two awesome goals (the only two of the game!!!) but their team ended up losing by one point in overtime. Maia was so sad. She cried after. She wanted that big trophey so bad. She told me how hard she had tried and how bad she had wanted to win:(. It was a hard loss! But such is life. Have to accept it and move on:) (and DQ blizzards always help with that;) anyway, I'm just really proud of her and how far she has come. It's so fun to watch her play! 

Not to leave miss Elsie out... She has improved a ton this season as well!! I somehow got suckered into being the coach for her team. That was exhausting/fun. I think it helped her break out of her shell a little having me right there on the field. Last season, she basically just stood on the field with her fingers in her mouth, doing nothing. This time around she was really getting into it! This age group is hard to coach and get them to stay focused but they did a good job. I grew to really love the kids on the team. Elsie even scored a really great goal today! She was so proud of it:) She played in 3 games today, so between her and Maia we had 7 games... Long and exhausting day! But I wouldn't have it any other way and I know its only going to get busier as the boys get old enough to play sports. It's so great to have the kids involved in sports and watching them learn and grow.  Now were on to tball/coach pitch.... First time trying it out so we will see how it goes:)