Thursday, May 27, 2010

Soccer Family

We are a soccer family this season. It started in May and wil end in June. It is keeping us busy 3 nights out of the week. But we have been enjoying our selves as we get outside on these nights and are trying to stay active. Aaron is just perfectly content to sit in his stroller and watch all the kids run around and to see the soccer ball. Both Evan and Megan love cheering...Evan cracks up the girls on Megans team by saying "Go, Bacon, Go", even when he knows perfectly well that Megan is saying "Go, Beacon, Go". Evan loves his time at the parks. Since most games are played a community or school fields.

Can you believe that Megan has on a few occasions asked me to stop cheering? I'm not a crazy sports mom, but I told her, that I was encouraging the girls....she has since not been too bothered by my encouragement of the players and their good efforts on the field.

Of course the highlight of every game is the half time break and the snack!

This was Evans first soccer experience....he was not liking the whole idea of running on the field as we sat and watched and cheered. Thank goodness there were other kids in the same boat. I think that there were equal number of under 4 players as there were parents out on the field. He is a mighty mite! The rainy weekends don't help...we've only had one game for him so far....it will take a bit more time for him to warm up to the idea of actually playing soccer. He loves to be apart of Megan's experiences weekly. Next time I'm sending Megan to run around with him so I can watch from the sidelines. p.s there is a soccer ball on his shirt, right by the bunnies feet, you just can't see it in this picture.

The back of her jersey. Yes, custom made jerseys for a little extra. Megan has been getting in there and kicking the ball more and saving goals. She also likes to play defense (which isn't really part of the rules in this league; each team has 4 members on the field and one is the goalie, so everyone just runs around defending and scoring). She still has her moments of not quite paying attention and doing a few kung fu moves along with some spins and other dance moves....oh well.

Megan as goalie...which this time round she likes. Maybe it's because of the soccer gloves, or maybe it is because they actually have a goal crease marked, so it is less scary to stop the ball.