Soccer Kids

My soccer kids are tearing up the field (sometimes literally, but "Gabe quit picking up mud"-Coach Ken, is a whole other blog post ;)

Last Saturday, Flynn scored 4 goals. And yesterday, Gabe was a fraction away (let's just say he assisted a goal to Austin who is good at tapping it in at the last second).

One of their favorite movies, ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS, has an old-school cartoon (one I probably enjoyed back in the 80's) that features a soccer game season, where the 'munks cheer, "Beat 'em, Beat'em, BEAT'EM!!".

So that's Gabe's war cry.

Flynn has really turned on her enthusiasm, but even more surprising is her aggressiveness. She's even pulled on a jersey or two. I'm sure that BFF Madelyn (also a go-getter on the soccer team) is a great contribution to Flynn's assertiveness.

It takes up every Saturday morning.

And there's no way I'd rather spend it.

Soccer Mom

Now I am an official soccer mom. BOTH my kiddos are playing this fall. The beauty is that they're both on the same team. An advantage to having your babies dangerously close.

Here are some shots to give you a sampling of the cuteness.

When He's Not With Us

It's soccer season. That means Daddy is gone a good 12 hours a day. Or more than that on game days.
I was so excited this morning when I logged onto Facebook & saw these pics that a high school student had uploaded.
This pic, I'm guessing that Hot Hubs was showing off his new tennies (Just kidding Jeff, I know you were probably explaining some skill!).

And here, he looks very disappointed. I'm guessing that they were getting a very serious coachy talk. (by the way, they won, so it must've paid off)
This is one of Jeff's fav players, Taylor.
Not that I'm counting them down or anything, but the games are 1/2 way over!