Rease and Rhen played on a soccer team this spring. Luckily it was a 3-4 year old team and as Rhen just turned 3 and Rease isn't quite 5 we were lucky enough to have them on the same team (which means only one set of games, treats, pictures and everything else that comes with soccer - lucky for mom and dad!) They both had a fun season - and I have to say they look very cute all dressed up in their uniforms!
Josh volunteered to be the coach. I think he figured since 2 of the 8 players belonged to him that he should be the one to volunteer for the job. He was great and did a good job keeping the kids focused on the game. Our team had 6 girls and 2 boys. After the 2nd game one of the boys dropped out and the other boy made it to only about half of the games, so basically we were a team of girls playing against teams of mostly boys. Needless to say, we didn't win any games or even score very many goals. But we had fun! 
Highlights of Rease. She surprised me and was actually pretty aggressive going after the ball. She didn't too often control where she was kicking it, but she was very focused on getting to the ball and staying with the pack. One game Josh told the team to protect the goal (since we have no official goalie) and the girls all stood right in front of the goal. From that game on, Rease's signature move was to run straight to the goal and stand in front of it so that the ball wouldn't get past her. I have to say, she did stop a few goals that way. 
Highlights of Rease. She surprised me and was actually pretty aggressive going after the ball. She didn't too often control where she was kicking it, but she was very focused on getting to the ball and staying with the pack. One game Josh told the team to protect the goal (since we have no official goalie) and the girls all stood right in front of the goal. From that game on, Rease's signature move was to run straight to the goal and stand in front of it so that the ball wouldn't get past her. I have to say, she did stop a few goals that way. Rhen was not quite as into it as Rease was. Most of the time Rhen was doing her own thing and didn't often care about what was going on with the game. She also came and went from the game as she pleased - if she wanted to play, she ran in. Then after a few minutes, she was back on the sideline saying she needed a break. She did kick the ball a few times in all the games she played and actually the last game of the season she was very aggressive and played mostly the whole game. She is my crazy girl who just does what she wants - on the soccer field and in life in general. 
The team doing their cheer.
What a fun season of soccer we had!
Rease and Rhen and their friend Stella.
The cutest part about soccer are the pictures. I love these bright red cheeks!
Our team of girls. And my girls with the coach.
What a fun season of soccer we had!
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