I am not a soccer Mom. I am a softball and basketball Mom...I even do track and lacrosse. Soccer, not a big fan. But, Brooke begged (and I do mean begged) to play soccer this fall. Like with all the girls, before we sign up for a sport they get "the talk".
ME: being a on a team means not always being able to do what you want. once you commit, you must finish the season. after the season, if you never want to play again, that's fine. but, you will finish the season. do you understand? (what she hears, "yada yada yada")
B: yes Mommy. i want to play sooooo bad.
ME: you want to play. are you sure? there is no quitting.
B: I want to play. please let me play. i will kick the ball to the moon. will my coach get mad at me for kicking the ball to the moon?
So, i fell for it...i signed her up. She loved practice...listened well...but HATED the scrimmage part of the practice.
Why?
"There's only one ball, Mommy and that doesn't seem fair to everyone."
So, Saturday was game day. like any good soccer girl, i had her
hair all fixed up...white ribbon and all. she had on her fresh new blue cleats, shiny black shorts and shin guards and she was ready for action. We could not get to the fields quick enough.
Then, well...there was a whistle. and things went from bad to worse and, well, you just have to look for yourselves:
the initial whistle blowing incident...tears have started.
we're okay still.
I make her go on the field...she can pout or scream, but she must be on the field.
Wow...look at those cute shoes. Those are nice shoes.
Well, she looks great. She is...well...a fighter. (note that Ryan is the shirt and shorts in the pic...he's also the assistant coach...not embarrassed at all btw)
We'll see what happens next week when we have her in her ear muffs to keep the whistle sound out. Yes, we are THOSE people.
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Yeah, my nephew has quit every activity about two weeks after games start. Makes me so annoyed but I'm not his parent.
It took a while to get used to the game - it wasn't played like she thought (ie fair for everyone) but she learned and things got better, plus she got a trophy at the end of the season and that made it all worth it!
She does look adorable by the way!!!
~K
It doesn't matter if you win or lose as long as you look good doing it!
I think her comment about the ball is hilarious and SO TRUE! :o)
hope the next game goes better.
I love soccer, and have been avidly recruiting my boys to be soccer players in a few years :) We'll see how my plan goes!
Best wishes for a great season!
wow!she is very cute:)
I'm not a big fan of soccer, too!
but I love seeing world cup games:)
Do you see that?
It's like Olympics:)
Saw you over at WW. Glad I dropped by.
I only played soccer for two non-consecutive seasons. I played softball for 14 consecutive years!
I have to say.. as bad as she felt she "looked good on the field"!!
My daughter was among 10 little blonde haired girls on her team of 12. The other girls had brown hair. I don't know why but this particular team of girls loved to tell blonde jokes and Lauren would come home every practice with a new one. She was cracking herself up and we laughed at the irony!
Hope this week your Soccer Girl Rocks!!
You have a lovely family!
Thanks for stopping by!!!
~Angie~
I too am not a soccer mom. I am a football mom and get this my 2nd just joined the unicycle team at school! Can't wait to blog those pics!
Hopefully as she gets into it she will enjoy it more.