2011 Soccer Season

We had a fun soccer season this year, with a bit of chaos, but that's expected when you have 3 kids playing, and they never play at different times or conveniently close fields. Sienna played U10 this year, which was a little bit of a scary place to start, having never really played soccer. The other girls knew what they were doing and Sienna didn't. Now that soccer is over, she has vowed to never play again. Maybe it was the intense coach and the other girls always yelling at her, with a combination of too much running, but she didn't enjoy it much at all. The only saving grace was the snack time at the end of the game and the fun team party they had at Strikes Bowling Alley at the end of the season. Weirdly, there was only one girl on the team smaller than Sienna. I've never experienced having a child who is the smallest, it was different for us. Conner also enjoyed snack time... We had a great season, weather-wise, most of the days were perfect and sunny. But at the end of the season, we had a couple of very cold, wet days. The one below, was the coldest and wettest, but we brought hot chocolate along and barely survived... It was fun watching Braden this year, also in U10, finally make an effort. The below picture is my favorite, the classic-try-to-kick-the-ball-while-it's-still-flying-through-the-air-move. Every boy seems to try it at least once and it always makes me laugh. Oops, another shot if Sienna in the wrong place. She's getting ready for the ball that is finally coming her direction... Running so fast... R.J. played U12 this year for the last time. R.J. is a pretty good soccer player, and a majorly fast runner. It is really exciting to watch him play. The struggle with his team this year is that only one boy could really play goalie, and nobody else even wanted to try. So, the coach put R.J. in as goalie quite a bit, which is agony for me. He isn't a bad goalie, but it's not his strength, he really shines when he gets to run. Here we have a little harmless pushing... Until next year...