Soccer Fever?

So, Big Sister decided to play soccer this year -- we usually give her a choice to pick one activity to do -- she's chosen golf, soccer, t-ball, gymnastics in the past, but this year she choose soccer. This is the first time she's played on a 'team' -- in years past it's just been sort of like 'learn how to play soccer' team with a game at the end of the 'class' where the kids play against the parents.

We weren't sure how she was going to do....but, I had hopes that this might be her 'thing' -- you know, that one thing your child excels in and then the parents spend all their money and free weekends doing????

She looks ready to play......

She's really, really good at standing on 'defense' with her arms out and ready.....waiting for the ball to come...but, in reality, when the ball comes her way she just jumps up and down and flaps those wings of hers and dances around the field -- timidly attempting to kick the ball, only if no one else is around. If there are other players around, she steps back and lets the other kids kick the ball. Pretty much whenever the ball comes near her, you can hear her coach yelling, "go ahead and kick it, go after it, big kicks, kick it toward the other end of the field, don't kick it toward our goal, the other way!" We just sit and smile......knowing this isn't her thing after all!

She does like to play goalie -- a lot of standing around and waiting -- she gets lots of opportunities to jump around and flap her wings!

But, if the action were to come near her -- you never know if she'll be brave enough to stop that ball....