It's unusual that I go this long between posts but computer time is scant these days. I often get online in the evening but we've hosted two sets of overnight guests so I'm busy visiting :) And then last night I did have some time but our internet was wonky and I couldn't get access. Oh well.
I'll just jump in and get back to the habit of keeping tabs on our little crew in our little neck of the woods (or perhaps better said, our little crew in our little neck of the concrete jungle!)
The biggest news-maker of the past stretch is definitely the soccer tournament.
This team includes some of our dearest family friends.
Folks that have been in our lives for ages.... and in my children's lives for, well, their entire lives!
We knew that our home school team was at a pretty steep disadvantage. Only three practices. No facility. Our coaches are (awesome) volunteer dads, but it's different than someone on paid staff at an international school! We scrambled to buy uniforms and pull together a team. My girls learned the concept of positions on a soccer field at the third and final practice!
So when we pulled out a win in our second game of the tournament we were ecstatic!
And if we look little, it's because we were little :) Turns out that when you pull from an entire school of children "mixed elementary soccer" turns into a group of solid 4th and 5th graders who "made the team". We homeschoolers took the field with more than one 6 year old on our roster!
And we won two games! The whole day was just super fun for everyone. The weather was overcast and smoggy but our spirits were high and it was a great group to spend time with. The homeschool team tends to arrive with a stacked crew of little sibs - plenty of fun for those who roam the sidelines.
Speaking of sidelines, Isaac is dying to get his name on the team roster! Next year he'll make the big move up to 'real' status, but this year he scored a jersey since Mom and Dad are softies for a little bro who wants to be on the team.
Best 13 bucks we spent in October.
And one last pic of the girls with their coaches. Matt's hoping to join the coaching staff next fall (his travel schedule this fall didn't allow for it - but he said next year he's gonna schedule his travel around the soccer tourney! we shall see....!!)
So thankful for this fun experience for the whole family!
3 comments:
So excited the team won - twice! By the smiles, looks like all had a great day. Hope Matt can participate next year, along with ready-to-play Isaac!
Such a fun blog. Love seeing the community of fun the family is involved with, just love it. Thanks so much for sharing with us. Love you all.
That sounds like a wonderful, fun weekend! So glad they had success.
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