Soccer 2011

The kids played soccer this year! It was actually Andy who was interested, and James just went along with it. I also went a long with it because thought that James and Andy could be on the same team in the 3-4s division. Since James did not turn 5, until after Sept 5th, he was still technically 4, right? Imagine my surprise when I was told that since James was actually 5, he had to play with the 5 year olds. That is so weird! Turned out to be a good thing. James had a great team! What an experience for him! He team was awesome, his coaches were awesome, and he had a great time. There there is Andy:



Andy is 3. They really shouldn't let them play until they are least 4. I knew that going in, but I guess I didn't listen. I spent most of the season trying to keep Andy on the field. Here is a picture of the warm up. Now, it might appear that since the coaches both appear to be texting during practice, that they were always texting. That is simply not so. You could also say that since they were wearing shoes, that they were always wearing shoes. (also not necessarily true)



More warming up:



Now, the game. And Andy really wasn't all bad. Keep in mind that midway through the season, I started working full time so he was at school all day every day. It was a transition time. He played sometimes:



Oh, and sometimes he didn't:



James LOVED playing:





He hated being taken out:



Andy loved the post game snack:



Sometimes the loved each other:



We were trying to get a picture of their numbers here. James was "eight is great" and Andy was "five is alive" We wanted to have them in the other order, as in 85, as in ocho cinco for Ms Becky. Just didn't happen!