Soccer!!!

We've been wanting to get the kids into soccer for ages. Then, at the beginning of January, Elena brought home a flier from school about a soccer league at the Rec Center. $30 for the season? You bet, baby! Both Elena and Joseph are on teams, and Jonathan is coaching Elena's. They've both had a couple practices and today was the first Game Day.

Joseph was so super excited to go play. He loves kicking the ball, and loooves kicking at the goal. He came running to tell me when he managed to get it in.




He pouted when play took the ball to the other end of the field, though. Hunched shoulders, great heaving sighs...


but he was off again as soon as it came back.


By the time Elena's game started, 2 hours later, it'd started to drizzle.


No matter, Coach and the kids were off and running.


And then the rain picked up and Joseph decided he needed an umbrella from the car. Then, with the game still going on and all the new mud I couldn't let James get down, so I got to hold him. And that means no more pictures because James grabs everything and there's no real reason to go breaking perfectly good cameras.

Anyway, good games, kids!