Fall Soccer Wrap Up

Well, put another notch on our belts…..we’ve wrapped up another season of soccer. And this was the real deal as we were juggling both Will and Avery playing soccer, in 2 different leagues at 2 different locations. You know, just a taste of life in a few years!

As I reported, Avery didn’t love soccer to start with but really came around towards the end of the season and was actually one of her team’s best players.  Once the Y figured out how to make the league work for 3 year olds and she got to play in the game constantly, she really shined. But man, what a competitive spirit……she would get SO UPSET when she didn’t score or when the other team took the ball away. And that actually happened a lot because there were two REALLY REALLY good kids on the one other team (that we played every single week). 

But she got her shiny, big trophy and life is good. Although she did take her soccer socks out of her drawer last night and announce that we didn’t need those anymore! Ha!

Will had a little bit of a rough season, but overall it was good for him. We moved him over to a more competitive league which was great for him because he was playing with/against other good kids instead of being the kid who dominated the whole game and made kids like Avery cry! But it is safe to say that Will is not used to not being the biggest/fastest/best so it has been hard on him. But a good life lesson as well as skills lesson. Plus, the coaches are really interested in developing him (if we want to go that route) and just love his “passion”.  I’m not sure I would classify it as passion but…..

But he got a shiny trophy too and again, life is good.

Youth sports is another hard balance. The kids have fun and like stretching their legs and running around with the friends. And of course the snacks and trophies!  Sure I played year round sports growing up, but don’t want to pressure them into the same.  One mom told me her 6 year old plays a different sport every night. I probably gave her a “you’re bat sh*t crazy” look. Of course she probably doesn’t work either and enjoys getting out of the house.

For now, it’s a few free Saturdays for us, and we are all looking forward to that!