What a difference a year makes! Last year we were cajoling Neko onto the field (to no avail). We quit the whole program entirely after her first game. But this year? She happily ran out onto the field and played the whole game, only taking breaks for water.
I promise not to bore you all with a thousand pictures of my kid playing soccer for the next four Saturdays. But the weather was really beautiful and Tom stayed home with the other kids, so I actually had two free hands.
The other reason there are so many is because it is an excellent indicator of how much time she hung in there. The game lasted 45 minutes, and since only three people from her team showed up to play, all three girls played the whole time.
And yet, she still had energy to attend the kids festival on the way home, complete with 30 minutes on the bounce house and bouncy slide. And then she jumped on the trampoline once we got home while she watched tv. I mean, seriously, I can only imagine how much I could get in a day if I had that kind of energy.
I should also mention that she scored three goals. In the right goal!