Is this supposed to be fun?

I'm not sure I quite deserve the title of a 'soccer mom'. Since Jeff has coached every sports team our kids have been involved in, he is the one at all the practices and meetings. I am meerly required to go cheer them on at their Saturday games. What is so bad about that- you may ask? Oh! that could be fun- you may say? Oh ho ho contraire. I don't actually get to WATCH, are you kidding? No, instead I get to juggle Lucas, Payter, and Zack for 3 hours while Jeff is on the other side of the field coaching.



Besides being bored and eating all the babies snacks, the older ones do okay. Lexie even thought to bring a book. Like how she is using Brooklyn as a foot rest?

Then there is Payters. Since Jeff is on the other side of the field, I chase her onto the field at LEAST 3 times per game- and sometimes pretty far on because she's sneaky and I don't move fast when carrying Lucas. Lucky for me, someone next to me usually clues in that I could use some help and chases her down for me. It almost seems like dejavu- only last season it was Zack I was running after. This season he is much better. He just likes to stand a few feet over the line to bug me.

It was fun however seeing how totally different my 3 little soccer players choose to play the game. I thought you might appreciate my observations.

First there's Kobe. He inherited his dad's drive and competitiveness. He is out there to WIN and trust me- he knows what the score is. He plays hard and takes pride in doing a good job. Maybe too much sometimes though- he knows he is good and likes to tell you about it. I just hope he doesn't tell his teammates too-

Brooklyn's game was so fun to watch- mainly because SHE was having so much fun! This is her first time playing and Jeff and I were both amazed at how well she picked it up. She even scored her first goal. She is tall and can run like a deer, but she doesn't. Nope. She SKIPPED the whole time!

Oh boy- now Zack- I am not sure you could say he actually played... At first I tried to be the back-seat coach and yell all that helpful parenting advice like, "Go get the ball!" and "Kick it!" but pretty soon I was saying things like "No, don't come sit by me yet-" and it was all downhill from there. I just had to tell myself to quit stressing and relax. So, instead I took pictures. He was actually very entertaining to watch. Here is Zack shoving the ball up his shirt and then running into the coaches legs-

Where is Zack? I'm sure that's what the other players were wondering right about now...

Here is Zack scoring a goal- oh wait, never mind. This is Zack CLIMBING the goal net while the rest of the kids are running down to the other end of the field...

This one makes me laugh- the guy in yellow is the assistant coach who I think Zack was giving an ulcer. He kept trying to yell to Zack "Hey- you can't just take yourself in and out of the game whenever you want..." Here he is trying to get Zack to follow the ball. It wasn't working. Good thing Zack's coach is his daddy who loves him enough not to strangle him...
Amazingly enough his team won even with only 4 active players on the field.

Although I'm not thrilled at the thought of 3 more hours of the Mower circus-I can't WAIT to see what Zack has up his sleeve for this saturday's game. I guess I'd better have my camera ready. After the way this season is going- I'm thinking it'll be a few years before I'll be buying him new cleats!