This was Elle's first year of soccer and its safe to say that we all loved it! Cody wasn't sold on it until the first game. As soon as she touched the ball he was cheering and shouting encouragement, he was a proud dad from the first game. Kate loved cheering (screaming) things like "kick the ball" and "gooooooo!" Kellen got to play with the grass and I became the crazy mom on the side lines with a telephoto lens. But Elle didn't complain.
Elle did great. She played every game so well, ran a lot and was sweaty by the end. Her favorite part was being able to play goalie! She loved it so much that during a few of the games she dove for the ball with her hands, shes a good sport and just laughed at it. She was surprisingly very competitive and would make comments about how much faster one kid was on the other team or that they made a few goals.
My favorite part was watching how proud she was of herself, she'd come off the field after every game just beaming. My second favorite part was her telling me at her last game that she didn't like me cheering for her because it was distracting, she can't focus if I was yelling. I can't wait for this fall's season of soccer, she is already ready to play again.
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