Finley had her first soccer game today. It was hilarious! Our team is the Orange Tigers and it's co-ed. Finley complains that the boys won't let her have the ball and that she just can't do it. She runs around the field and tries to keep up with the other players, but she is the smallest one on the team and those older boys are fast! Most of the boys are focused, but the girls are more concerned about the fact that their names are on the backs of their jerseys. At one point during the game, Finley and Mary Francis were discussing the outfits in the middle of the field. I realized that every team at the YMCA has some token characters. Every team has...
-a kid that cries the entire time
-a powerhouse
-a kid who wanders aimlessly on the field (we have a few of these)
-a kid who is bigger than everyone else but is afraid of the ball
-a kid who falls down constantly (this is either the crier or the powerhouse)
When the other team kicks off and her team goes after the ball, Finley will wave her arm to everyone on her team as if to say, you go ahead and then after everyone has run past her, she will run after them. It's hilarious!
Things overheard on the field today:
"Mommy, those boys won't let me have the ball!"
"Mommy, my bow is falling out!"
"Mommy, scratch my leg, it's itching under my socks!"
Soccer is a hoot and I'm so glad we signed her up.
