Soccer Season is here!

And with that comes the pure awesomeness that was yesterday's boys game.  The kids played last year, and I coached last year.  It was a year of frustration and great anguish for me.  Tuesdays were spent frustrated as I was attempting to get these 7 boys to at least somewhat pretend to pay attention to what i was trying to teach them.  One day we had guest coaches come from the soccer camp and take my team.  I sat amazed watching as these 7 little monsters listened and did what was asked of them.  I then tried to convince (my awesome) assistant coach to talk with an accent because those other two coaches seemed to hold their complete attention.  Well this year has proved to be so much better!!!
My boys team is great.  We play freeze tag while dribbling a soccer ball to warm up, not only do they do it without taking off in 20 different directions but they are running and showing great ball control.  Even more importantly they all seem to be having a lot of fun with it.  In our game yesterday it started with my great surprise as Matt was actually playing.  He was getting in front of the ball getting in the middle of a group of kids and actually kicking the ball.  It was completely crazy!  He played more in the first quarter than he did all of last season.  In the second Quarter HE SCORED A GOAL!!!! Our team did so well we had to 'close the goal' in the second half beecause we were beating the other team so badly(not that we keep score in a U6 game but...).  Last year I would never have dreamed that we would ever close the goal.  As it stands right now I am not dreading Tuesday practices and Saturday games.  I am looking forward to seeing these kids play and learn and have fun with a sport I love.

The girls game.... that might be another story.  last year Katy loved soccer she played fairly well I was the assistant coach and never had to do much becasuse her awesome coach seemed to handle it all so well.  THis year I am the coach.  it is hard.  7 year old girls are moody.  I say lets go_______ and get eye rolls and sighs.  I will give out positions and get them before I can even say what position they are going to.  Oh well.  I have hope that the season will go ok and I will still be able to tolerate other peoples kids.  Our asssitant coach had a great way of teaching the girls to play defense and a couple of the girls love playing fullback (they understand positions at this age...yea.) they were an unstoppable force.  It is going to be a challenge for me to move them all around the field and let them play all the positions when I know the goal end of the field is safe when they are there.  we have a forward with one heck of a boot.  I hate that she loves forward so much because she is meant to be a center half.  she gets the ball and though somewhat slothlike in practice (yes I did say run....) the game starts and she is on fire.  Katy.... well lets just say that last year she was really good at soccer this year I am thinking we will be looking at art classes or a book club or something she finds interesting because soccer definitely does not seem to be her forte.  She did get 2 books from the library after (both scholastic says are about a 6th grade reading level) and she finished the second this morning before getting out of bed.  We always knew she was smart but holy moly she is 6 years old and reading at a 6th grade level.

totally OT but as it might take another 3 months to update.  Johnny turned 3 in August.... did nothing of interest buit had fun with a couple friends.  He started preschool last week and loved it.  Working in the class with 20 3 year olds is very tiring.  I came home and took a nap... then went to bed early.  I am still tired 3 days later.   Y

ea, nap time is calling.