Our poor 4th child. For her entire life she has been carted around to countless basketball games, soccer matches, track & cross country meets, & softball games…and not a single one of them has been for her. Always only for her sisters. Last year I tried to sign her up for T-ball in the spring since the schedule allowed, but it was full. I tried to sign up for soccer, but the deadline had passed. So, another year went by without Elise participating in an organized team sport.
This year I was on top of things, surprisingly enough, and got her signed up for spring soccer. Unfortunately for her, only one other first grader she knew from school was going to be playing soccer this spring. Thankfully for her, they were placed on the same team! As an added plus, a friend from church is also on her team. It’s been fun to watch her learn to play and she actually likes to get in there and chase the ball. While she hasn’t yet scored a goal, she has come quite close and she has saved a few shots while playing goalie and had some good passes. There are only two 1st/2nd grade girl soccer teams playing for the YMCA this year, so they keep playing the same team. Elise’s team keeps winning…but we feel very sorry for the other team who has yet to have a win, with just 3 games to go. They have improved greatly, but then, so has our team.
Edited to add: Elise’s team lost 4-0 this week!! It was a shocker. Personally I was happy for the pink team to have a chance to win and to win well. Don’t tell Elise I said that, though!
Anyway, here’s just a few pictures of one of our sunny games:
Okay, apparently she has a loose tooth in there. But to her credit, play had not yet begun. She was just in position, waiting for the whistle. She didn’t wiggle again until she was “taking a rest.”
She’s a pretty aggressive little soccer player! Go, Elise!!
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