Soccer Star

Olivia just finished up a semester of Soccer Shots at school. I think she enjoyed it, in her own way. The season started in the summer and we had several disagreements as to her attire. She wanted dresses and sandals; this crazy mom wanted shorts and tennis shoes. We compromised in that she can wear a dress and sandals, but has to at least bring tennis shoes to change into. You gotta pick your battles with this one!

 On the final class, they invited the parents to come watch. It was pretty funny. I asked her if she liked soccer and she told me she liked the first part (the various drills) and the very end (where they all put their hands in the center and yell “1-2-3 Soccer Shots.”)

She did NOT like it when they had to put on the jerseys and kick the ball in the goals (i.e. when they actually played a SOCCER GAME!).

Now, this shouldn't have come as a surprise as every Tuesday when I asked Olivia about soccer she gave me the 2 same responses most days: (1) whether or not she got to wear orange jersey (good) or gray (bad); and (2) whether she scored a goal (usually no so then she would tell me the other kids that did score goals were cheaters.  (This may or may not be something that a certain Matt Dean also has said re: sports games he has played).  So….I’m not sure we have a Mia Hamm in our house, but she looks pretty cute kicking that ball around.

To play the game, Coach Ziggy divided them into 2 teams.  The first team said their name was the tigers.  Then it was Olivia's teams turn.  One of the boy yelled "Tigers" at the same time one of the girls yelled "Flamingos!"  So, they were the Flamingo Tigers.

I'm not sure who actually won, but everyone got a certificate at the end and a picture with Coach Ziggy.