Soccer Team(s)

It's official . . . I am a soccer mom!

We knew soccer was big here, so I signed McIver up earlier this summer and asked that he be put on a team with other kids from his school. I didn't know of a particular coach to request until it was too late, I think. Turns out that there is one little boy from his class so he has one familiar face, not that that would be a problem for him. His team is the Lightning Cats and they have three coaches who are excited to be there and really friendly.

Olivia joined a team full of 2nd grade girls from her school. She met several of the girls at the popsicle party last month but most of them are in different classes at school. That hasn't seemed to phase Olivia one bit. She ran right over to the practice field on Tuesday and didn't look back once. Her coach is the dad of one of the teammates. Will might even be able to help out at some of the practices because of his new schedule.

Practices are at the exact same time which meant that it was a little hairy getting everyone where they needed to go for the first practice. We didn't even know who to look for to find McIver's team. Thankfully, I had the head coach's number so he directed us to them. It turned out that Olivia's team practices right across the driveway from McIver's team, so it will actually be relatively easy now that we know where to go.

Right before practice - soccer shorts: check; ball: check; water bottle: check; cleats and shin guards: check. Game on!

Olivia didn't complain once about the heat (can't say the same for her mama!). She had a great time running around and going through the drills. She was pleased that her coach "didn't teach me anything that Daddy didn't already tell me! He just said we need to practice with our family this week before the game on Saturday."

McIver had a fine time at practice. He followed the coaches' instructions and had a great time.