Dodgers, Rapids, and Gators - Oh my!

Today was our first three-sports-game Saturday. We survived, but given the heat, just barely.

8:00am - First up, the boys' U6 soccer team at Timbergrove, the Gators. The Gators won soundly, defeating the Timberwolves 7-2. Their team did really well. Charlie scored two goals, and while Joe didn't (he came so close twice), he had some outstanding plays. At 8am, it was already hot enough to make even the spectators sweat.

Joe and Charlie, our Gators

9:00am - Next was the first game for Will and Helen's 3-year-old soccer team, the Rapids, at the YMCA. Score was not kept (which was probably a good thing for our team). Highlight was when Coach (aka very hardworking Dad) paused to help a child who had fallen and lost a shoe. Another player kicked the ball out of bounds and all the way out the gate onto the next field. The rest of the team followed, and we looked up and they were all gone! Cort also showed his resourcefulness and particular talent for coaching 3-year-olds when Keller, our ringer, suddenly refused to go out on the field. Cort took Helen's soccer scrunchy, which had fallen off her ponytail, and gave it to Keller to put on his wrist, telling him it was a "bracelet of power." It worked, and he came back out and played the rest of the game.

Helen and Will in their first soccer uniforms

9:50am - Just to keep us on our toes, I had to take Charlie and Joseph back to Timbergrove before Will and Helen's game was over, so they could take team pictures. Very sweaty pictures.

12:30pm - After a quick lunch at home, Charlie and Joe then went back to Timbergrove again, this time for soccer "opening ceremonies." This essentially consisted of all the kids baking in the sun while a director of the league droned on and on.

3:00pm - After bringing the boys home again for a quick uniform change, everyone headed back to Timbergrove one last time to watch some baseball. This was Charlie and Joe's first coach-pitch game. Their team is the Dodgers. Their baseball team didn't fare as well as their soccer team - they lost, I think 15-5. But they did well for their first game, despite heat that made me sweat profusely in the shade. Both boys got one hit (Charlie also got an RBI) and got to score a run. And more importantly from my perspective, Will and Helen were SO much easier to deal with at the game than they were a few short months ago when the boys were playing t-ball.

Our two Dodgers

Just to top that busy day off, about an hour after their baseball game ended, Cort took the boys to watch the Baylor-Rice football game, which started just before their normal bedtime. That's where they currently are, apparently weathering a delay due to lightning. Think there's any chance they'll be tired tomorrow? I know we will be.