Soccer

The Little One had her first soccer practice this week! She was SO excited leading up to it, and just couldn't wait to get there. Because of how her birthday falls, she is playing in a beginner league type deal where the parents help their children on the field. Will it be a cluster? Probably, yes but for week one it went okay.
She was all ready to go, until the second warm up drill when the coach told the kids to run through some little course he had set up, but there was no order so all the kids just ran crazy through the field as they wanted. Well, apparently my child likes order and direction a little more than most kids and is a big planner (I have NO idea where she got this gene, it drives me nuts!) so she wasn't liking the crazy vibe and started crying. Yes folks, my kid was THAT kid that started crying for no apparent reason at soccer practice. In fact, mine was the only kid to do that out of 20 children. Good times. We let her stand to the side and watch the other kids for a few minutes and then she finally agreed (maybe after a little bribery from her mother, I can't be sure ;-) to go back in and she ended up loving it, craziness and all!
She must've gotten some of the Hubby's sports genes (thank God!) because she's really good with kicking and stopping the ball. Now, when it comes to actually playing with a group, I can't be sure how that will go yet, but she's doing great so far! She isn't nearly as clumsy & uncoordinated as her mom, that's for sure! *sigh of relief*

Daddy & Little One all ready to start!

5 Minutes Later, Not so excited about soccer! "Can we just leave?" she says

Finally into it again...she just wanted to kick the ball!

So Focused!

After her first practice. Can't wait to do it again!