It's That Time Again
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 10:10PM We have now begun the soccer season...the games were delayed the first week (and Christian's second one, too) because of the rain, but now the kids are back on the field.
Here are some shots of each of them in their first games this fall.
Michaela is the one throwing the ball in.
In past soccer seasons she has been a bit hesitant, but so far this time has seemed a little more comfortable going after the ball...
She's playing on a different team this fall so she'll be making new friends. The rest of the girls all go to school together, but she doesn't seem to mind or feel like the odd one out. She's so friendly and cheerful-it's good to see her meet new people with such ease.
Christian is playing on a team made up of boys from his school (except for one young man), but they are from different classes. They did a great job tonight in their first game.
A little warm-up...
Christian went in the 2nd and 4th quarters. He played so well! He got in the mix when he could, waited for the right opportunities, hung back, kicked the ball to other players...
And then he scored a goal! You can see the ball rolling in...
That was so exciting. I got pictures of him afterward, jumping and then hugging Mike, but they are all blurry-I'm sad about that. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I wish they had turned out, because the look on his face was so priceless.
Look, I decided to put one on here anyway. You can tell how happy he is (I also noticed that in this picture there is a man who was closer to me than Christian and he is perfectly in focus...I cropped him out. But that would explain why all else was blurry. Wah.)
I also managed to capture him in a moment that looks as though he had only one leg. That would make it even trickier to score a goal, eh?
There will be plenty more games, and I hope to do a better job photographing the next ones! As far as the kids go, I'm sure they will keep up their good work!
life together, soccer
Reader Comments (3)
I love soccer. Anyone can do it. True - some are better than others, but the basics are pretty easy.
Glad yours are having so much fun with it and way to go Christian!
That is so cute! I love the little one leg picture. Haha!
Soccer season in the desert. Ahhhh. Our middle granddaughter plays which involves hauling the shade canopy to the field, watching all the five year old turns bright red from the heat, drinking copious amounts of water and then hauling everything back to the car after 50 minutes. It looks cooler where yours are playing.