Truly a Soccer Mom.

I swore that I wouldn’t coach again this year. Yet….I’m coaching Jack’s team again. With the same co-coach as last year, since we get along well and our kids adore each other. Saturday was (finally!) the first day of soccer. No snow in at least a day or three, and some intermittent sunshine. Woo!

My day looked something like this:

9 am to noon: SOCCER
noon to 1:15: feed children
1:30 to 3:45: SOCCER

Oy. Not every weekend will be like that, thankfully. I had to be there early to distribute t-shirts for my U5 division, and then our U6 team had 2 games back-to-back. I took my co-coach’s kids home for lunch, and returned for Austin’s game at 1:30 (in the rain, ick) and his buddy Ainsley’s at 2:45 (sunny again).

I got a bit of a workout, seeing as we have semi-real games this year. I reffed the games with the other coaches, and spent 1/2 of each game being the ball thrower-inner/game starter. The kids were pumped and had a blast, scoring several goals on both sides. And watching Austin play in the afternoon was like watching a different kid. He’s gone from ignoring the ball and half-heartedly running after it to actively seeking the ball and moving it around the field quite well. I am SO proud of him!