Andrew and Bailey both played soccer this fall. Andrew has played for a few seasons and Bailey got to try playing soccer for the first time. She was very nervous at first and sat on the side and cried the entire first game. She wanted to quit and not come back but we wanted to give her the opportunity to try again. I remember being scared to swim and my mom made me try it for two weeks. Had my parents let me quit I would have been missing out on a huge part of my life. We want to push our kids to try new and hard things. By the second game she was running around with the rest the team. This was her first time playing a team sport and just wanted her to have fun and learn the game. I still think she's afraid of the ball and will run around chasing it, but when it does come close to her she doesn't try to kick it. She hops and skips and dances a lot when she's not running around after the ball. I love it! Here are some photos from both games and practices.
Bailey is such a great big sister. She always makes Megan smile.
Andrew joined Bailey's team in the shade to keep cool.
This is Andrew's third season playing organized soccer. He loves it and is lucky enough to play with one of his favorite friends all three seasons. Andrew is a natural defender. He will run to defend the goal any time the ball is heading that direction (even if it's still on the other half of the field). He will attack the ball when he is on offense, but will usually hang back a little to be ready to run back to defend. He likes to be the goal keeper too.
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