Soccer Mom

Soccer season came and went without much mention on the blog. But the boys truly enjoyed it this year. Charlie had enjoyed it last year. Truth be told, he wasn't as good this year as last year (or, more precisely, this time there were other kids on the team better than him). But he still had a really great time. And his celebrations for scoring a goal rival Brandi Chastain's. Joseph was more lukewarm about soccer last year -- he always professed to enjoy it, but he just never looked like he was having that great a time. But this year, he definitely loved it. He was often in the middle of things trying to get a foot on the ball. He also loved to fall down a lot, both inadvertently and intentionally. Both boys showed a lot of hustle. They even played a doubleheader (due to a cancelled game during Hurricane Ike), and both played both entire games. That's a lot of running up and down the field, folks. They were exhausted, but they never quit. We were proud of them!

Special thanks, once again, to "Coach Keith.," He is amazing with all the kids and manages to actually teach them a little about soccer too. The boys idolize Coach Keith.

Mom and Dad enjoyed soccer again too. We always knew Cort -- as sports-fixated as he is -- would be into his sons' games. (I will say, though, that he is very good about realizing they are just 4 and not pushing them or going overboard.) I can't help but get really excited at the games, too, though. I probably yell more than Cort. And that may be why soccer never made the blog. I kept trying to take pictures of the boys in action, but I could never concentrate on the pictures for the game and kept getting shots like this: