Soccer Practice

Thursday was Lizzy's first day of soccer practice! I was a little concerned that she would be the "daisy picker." She was not interested in playing soccer. I thought she would love it, I did. So, I signed her up through the YMCA. We get a free voucher to use toward a class every six months, so we used it for soccer. Every time I tried to pump her up about playing soccer, she said grumpily, "I don't want to play soccer." I tried a new approach. I got her excited to buy "soccer shoes," a.k.a., tennis shoes.

The day finally came to get soccer shoes. She was excited about that! We found cute purple soccer shoes. We went shopping on Labor Day evening. After four stores we went back to the first, only to find they closed early. Lizzy was sad and she cried. :( We went back the next day and got her purple "soccer shoes."

The day of soccer practice finally arrived. She was excited to get to run and be free in the grass. She didn't pick flowers... She danced. She spun and twirled and fell. It was adorable. I guess I have a dancer, not a daisy picker. I don't care. I guess we will enter her in dance, next time.

Then, the soccer balls came out! Lizzy had a blast! She kicked the ball from one white line all the way across the field to the other white line. She was always the last one back, but she had fun! She LOVED putting the ball into the Easter Basket (the soccer goal). All the balls were in the middle of the field. The kids ran to retrieve a soccer ball and kick it into the goal. The coach would always throw it back out and she'd go get another ball. She was always moving. She loved to play in the net (maybe she will be the goalie?).

Now, she loves soccer. She wanted to go to another soccer "game" when we were finished with practice. Going home did not sound fun to her. Maybe she is more like me than I thought!