3 Men & A Little Lady: {Soccer Saturday}

Sunday, September 16, 2012

{Soccer Saturday}

Drew, Ian, & Owen are all playing soccer this season. Each of them are in a different division, which means our week is filled with soccer practices and our Saturdays are spent at the soccer field. Yesterday our morning started at the soccer field at 7:30 am and did not end until 3:30 pm. We had four games and pictures, so it made for a long day, but we all love it!

Today was the first day I took pictures of the boys playing. I was cracking up as I viewed all 130 + pictures. In almost every shot the boys are all sticking out their tongues! I never realized this and I love that all of them do it! Its our Summers soccer trademark! This is the best one of Owen showing his tongue! He had just eaten a lifesaver, so the red tongue really sticks out!

Drew, team Galaxy, with his tongue out!

Drew had an emotional second game. His team was down 1-0 in the second half if their second game when Drew appeared to have scored. However, the linesman said the ball never fully crossed the goal line so the celebration stopped (Kenny couldn't tell- it was very close and was in the keeper's arms). Drew was livid. He began to cry and wanted to be subbed out. Kenny went to the sideline and gave him some water and spent the next 30 seconds encouraging, pleading, begging, and ultimately threatening him to stay in and keep trying. It took another minute for him to actually start playing hard but he seemed to rally. A few minutes later he scored another goal and started another celebration- unfortunately he was offside (he still doesn't know what that is) and the goal was negated. Fortunately there were only a few tears and he kept playing. Kenny and I and all the team parents kept encouraging him to try hard and get his goal back. Like a Hollywood story he scored again a few minutes later- no problems this time. Everyone was pumped and his teammates gave him lots of high fives. He came to the side just a minute later for the end of the quarter and Kenny asked him if he was excited. He wasn't- he was still mad about his goals being taken away. He replied, "The score should be 3-1!". Typical Drew. We were very proud that he kept trying and hopefully he learned a good lesson on never giving up.

Drew scored a goal in this shot!

He was pretty pleased with their double win yesterday, scoring in each game!

Ian, team "The Bombs, " with his tongue out!

I love this shot of Ian right after he kicked the ball. He has such long legs and big feet for his age.

He made four goals yesterday and has led his team to the last two victories!

Owen, team "The Mighty Dragons," with his tongue out!

Owen last year was the kid doing somersaults on the field and picking at the grass. This year he is much more aggressive and not afraid to take some cheap shots! He totally racked this kid!

In this division they do not have goalies, but he sure would like to be one!

I love watching my boys play soccer. Kenny always brings me a chair to sit in, but I never sit. I am pacing the sidelines cheering them on as loudly as I can. I am definitely a soccer mom, toting my kids from field to field in our mini van and I LOVE IT!!!!

2 comments:

Darcy Patterson said...: The tongue thing is hilarious! The pictures turned out great! I think you have a hidden talent! :) You are a good soccer mom!!; September 16, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Darcy Patterson said...: Also, it took me FIVE tries with the "prove your not a robot" letter/number code! I seriously can't do those!!; September 16, 2012 at 4:10 PM

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

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Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

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