The Prodigy Cup

Last weekend was a big tournament for my soccer kids.  All three were in it with their teams.  We had six games on Saturday, they each played two.  It would have been so much nicer if the weather would have cooperated.  We had to be there at 7:30am.  It was raining hard.  Needless to say, we got wet and then had to sit in the cold wind the rest of the day.  At 5:00pm, was our last game of the day and the sun finally came out to shine.  You know when you get cold, it’s just so hard to get warmed up again!  Aunt Tanya came down and watched a few games with us.  Here are some fun shots:

The next two pictures of Rebecca and Kaylee remind me of each other.  Don’t you think they are both trying a similar move on their opponent?!?

We were going to take a canopy for the sun, but after finding out that it would be windy we took our tent.  Does that just scream white trash!!!  It was perfect though because the kids stayed warm out of the wind.  I couldn’t believe how many kids were in it.  Another friend had brought Little Pet Shop and Polly Pocket so the girls would have something to play with.  Nathan’s team party was held at our tent and Kaylee’s team came inside just before their game.  I had bought a ton of snacks for the day, but they were pretty much depleted by noon because of all the kids in and out.

Back to Nathan’s team party, the coach brought a soccer ball for each boy and let them sign each other’s soccer balls.  He also gave them a team picture and wrote a personal note to them on the back.  I thought that it was neat that he wrote something about their character instead of soccer skills on the note.  On Nathan’s he wrote, “You are one of the nicest kids I know.  You are willing to work and partner up with anyone!”

Rebecca’s team took 2nd in the tournament.  She was selected by her coach to break a tie in a shoot-out.  He had to choose three girls.  He immediately picked Rebecca and told her she would go last in case they would have to seal the deal.  She did have to, and kicked a perfect goal.  Nathan’s team had to do a shoot out too and he was picked.  Sadly though, he hit the top cross bar.  He was not happy about that and kept reliving it the rest of the day.  Kaylee was incredible as usual.  She plays so tough and is like a little brick wall that the girls come up to.  I love seeing her little sly smile as she moves in for her kill on the opponent.  Anyway, a fun tournament!  We did have quite a few sunburns and sore muscles, but a lot of fun memories with teammates.