There are some big perks to living in a smaller community. And even though our city is home to millions, when you narrow the crowd to "international homeschoolers".... well, you've got yourself a small community.
And then when you look for a group of elementary kiddos (age 6 to 10) and try to form a soccer team, well.... the community is small enough that all three of our oldest can join the same team!
[You can see in the above photo that our competition (international schools in the area) had a larger pool of kids to draw from, and our team was ever so slightly smaller than our opponents!]
I was so proud of our kids - every single one of them! They played their hearts out, against teams that were older, bigger, tougher, and more experienced. They never quit, and they came off the field smiling every.single.time.
Matt and a few of his good friends lined up as coaches. I'm dead serious when I say that coaching soccer was one of the highlights of Matt's fall.
He just loved it - a few hours on Saturday mornings to focus on kids and soccer balls.
Team Homeschool divided into two teams for the tournament, and played in different round robin brackets. We spent a lot of time on these fields - and I was able to keep a close eye on both games (Lydia on one team, Isaac and Julianna on the other) while the little boys roamed free, collecting bugs and berries and asking for snacks :)
There is no shortage of younger siblings to enjoy and these Dads have a coaching job lined up well into the next decade!
And last picture of the day, our team K photo. Doing life with this group of seven is my favorite thing ever.
2 comments:
oh such fun, such fun. how well I remember the days of Salvation Army T-ball and Soccer, loved those days too.
Granddad.
Looks like not only Dad but kiddos had a great time with soccer season! Looks like a little bit of America!
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