Soccer practice

by teresa
With Chris out of town last night, Katy and I ran the soccer practice together. She once again strapped Kaden to her chest and got right out on the field. We had a really good time. We have twelve kids on the team(all 5 and 6yrs old) and they are all adorable. We played a game called sharks and minnows. You give all the kids soccer balls except two or three. The ones without the balls are the sharks and the others are the minnows. When you blow the whistle the sahrks are to steal the balls from the minnows. When your ball is kicked out of bounds, you go get it and sit on the sidelines. You continue until there is one minnow left with a ball. These kids were vicious! Even the timid kids on the team became extremly agressive trying to get the balls! Ben got bumsuckled three times. He hit the ground HARD! He cried, but refused to sit out and be tended to. He is very competitive and was not going to loose just because he was hurt. He won both times we played it. Kristian also played great! She may be the princess off the field.....but she is like a WALL on the field. The kids can NOT get the ball past her! One of the really good kids was dribbling the ball down the field at full run. It looked like he was going to bowl right over Kristian. NOPE! She stepped full on into his stride and slammed the ball out from between his legs. The kicked it HARD down the field. she doesn't play around. I LOVE IT! I can't wait until the games begin. I will take lots of pictures.