Notice Alani and Tegan on the sideline, while all the other kids actually play soccer in the background.Our first soccer game was what Brad and I thought it would be. A nightmare. Actually, I have accepted that its going to be nothing like we’ve planned in our heads so I was able to take it pretty well. Brad, on the other hand, is still trying to come to terms. He did say he was going to volunteer to work overtime the day of their next scheduled game.
Tegan tried, she really did. There were a couple of instances when she was getting in there running down the field with the other soccer players. But then she ran by a unused ball on the sideline and started to kick it. They had to stop her. It was just sad. The idea is to kick the ball, exactly what she was trying to do, just not the right ball. Something else similar happened and it was funny but just sad because she was really trying.
My girls are just not aggressive. They don’t like big crowds let alone throw them on a grass field where everyone is trying to kick the same ball in a little moving huddle. Alani really doesn’t like it nor did she really try. While most of the other kids tried to get in there she would just be standing in her own little spot looking at us, wishing we would take her off the field. At one point Brad did call her over and I wanted thump him on the arm. In response we had a little girl that did not want to go back on the field. Duh.
Which in turn eventually drew Tegan to the sideline. So they stood on the white line staring at us and refusing to go back out. Everyone thought they were so ‘cute’. This ‘cute’ was definitely meant for kids that aren’t your own. Every one kind of laughed and got a kick out of their behavior while Brad and I gritted our teeth and tried to laugh it off.
At one point, a coach on the other team took both girls by the hand and placed them in their spots on the field. Brad and I were silently hoping they would bench one of our kids and when they did neither of them would go on the field. So the other coach yells out that she’ll take a two for one deal and put the girls in the back field.
The game finally ended. I have to give major props to our coaches Roger and Mike and all of the other coaches out there that volunteer their time and patience.
Up until now I was totally against separating my girls. Now I’m not so sure. In this case I can see Alani holding Tegan back. Tegan is more outgoing and willing to give it a try. But then she will feel sorry for Alani and go back and try to tend to her. Tegan even told me that Alani and I can stay home while her and daddy go to the soccer games. But all four of us will be sticking the soccer season out and hoping for the best.
Tegan tried, she really did. There were a couple of instances when she was getting in there running down the field with the other soccer players. But then she ran by a unused ball on the sideline and started to kick it. They had to stop her. It was just sad. The idea is to kick the ball, exactly what she was trying to do, just not the right ball. Something else similar happened and it was funny but just sad because she was really trying.
My girls are just not aggressive. They don’t like big crowds let alone throw them on a grass field where everyone is trying to kick the same ball in a little moving huddle. Alani really doesn’t like it nor did she really try. While most of the other kids tried to get in there she would just be standing in her own little spot looking at us, wishing we would take her off the field. At one point Brad did call her over and I wanted thump him on the arm. In response we had a little girl that did not want to go back on the field. Duh.
Which in turn eventually drew Tegan to the sideline. So they stood on the white line staring at us and refusing to go back out. Everyone thought they were so ‘cute’. This ‘cute’ was definitely meant for kids that aren’t your own. Every one kind of laughed and got a kick out of their behavior while Brad and I gritted our teeth and tried to laugh it off.
At one point, a coach on the other team took both girls by the hand and placed them in their spots on the field. Brad and I were silently hoping they would bench one of our kids and when they did neither of them would go on the field. So the other coach yells out that she’ll take a two for one deal and put the girls in the back field.
The game finally ended. I have to give major props to our coaches Roger and Mike and all of the other coaches out there that volunteer their time and patience.
Up until now I was totally against separating my girls. Now I’m not so sure. In this case I can see Alani holding Tegan back. Tegan is more outgoing and willing to give it a try. But then she will feel sorry for Alani and go back and try to tend to her. Tegan even told me that Alani and I can stay home while her and daddy go to the soccer games. But all four of us will be sticking the soccer season out and hoping for the best.
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