The kids had a blast this fall playing soccer. It was McKay's first time playing and we got him all set up to play with the Star Park and Rec. We lucked out and he got on his buddy Maxwell's team. It was a little rough to watch/coach (I helped coach a few practices and a game) sometimes with six 4 and 5 year old's running around, but they sure had a blast. McKay as always was a little fire cracker and was all over the place and spent a good portion of the game on the ground, but he did typically bring someone else crashing down with him. He didn't ever score (unless you count the one for the other team and after that he was always careful to ask which way his team was going), but he always had a huge smile on his face and he left it all out on the field.
This summer Brooklyn tried out a soccer camp with a local soccer club called the Chica's and they have a preparatory league called the Academy, so we decided to give that a try this fall. There was a lot of driving around on my part getting kids to practices and games (her practices were in Meridian and her games were in Eagle) and luckily I had help from my Mom and in-laws, otherwise there would have been a few practices missed. With this league Brooklyn learned a lot of foot skills and got a lot more comfortable with the ball at her feet. I ended up coaching her team for the games and by the end of the season they were really starting to understand the game a lot better and it was really fun to watch. I didn't get very many pictures of Brooklyn because I was coaching, but she had a lot of fun, especially since they won all of there games that they played against the Eagle Park and Rec teams. She is very excited to play some more soccer in the spring.
As with everything else going on in the world, there were a few things that made this soccer season interesting, but for the most part it was nice for the kids to enjoy an activity that was for the most part "normal".
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