#16

Along with starting kindergarten, Drew has also started playing soccer.  He tried it out with a one-week soccer camp this summer, and since he liked it, we signed him up for the fall league.  We now have busier week nights and a few hours on Saturdays devoted to the sidelines (rain or shine!), but most of all we have a six-year old who is having a ton of fun learning something new.  With all that we do at church, even when it's fun for him, it still seems a little like daddy's work, so I think it's nice to have something that's just about him.  He's so cute out there and we are so proud of him!  With each week, he learns a little more and gets a little more aggressive.  ...Now, if we could just keep Benny off the field and on the sidelines with us!  :)

Here are some pics from his first game:

 

It was all good until he got hit hard in the stomach while playing goalie.  He needed a moment in the pouring rain by himself to recover.  ;) 

(photo from soccer camp this summer)

And if you haven't put the pieces together, for me, this means....

It's official.  Nail in the coffin.  Mini-van driving soccer mom it is.  If I'd been thinking, I'd have worn some of my skinny jeans because I am sure one day they will be as regrettable as the 90's "mom jeans."