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When Pigtails Fly

I’m not sure there are many things out there sports-related cuter than an 8-year old playing soccer in pigtails. I’ll let you be the judge. I just hope she wants me to put pigtails in her hair every Saturday before soccer!
First we have the “watching the game, ready to play with freshly combed and curled [...]

We’ve Also Been Doing This Twice A Week

The Girl Plays Soccer

And apparently, for practice anyway, it does not matter what you wear One of my favorite parts about going to Princess’s soccer practices is to see what the girls are wearing. As an example, here’s my Princess last week . . .

Let’s see . . . neon green t-shirt she got at school for [...]

Ponies Run Wild

You may not know it from reading this little blog, but baseball isn’t the only sport being played by members of our family this spring. The Wild Ponies are back and on the loose, tearing up the soccer field! Keira only gets to be a Wild Pony ever other year. She’s a year older than [...]

More Than Just A Game

She looks like she’s having fun, huh? She was so excited that Grandma and Grandpa could watch her play. She was also excited it wasn’t snowing for the first time on game day this season!
She was so happy she scored a goal while Grandma and Grandpa were here

And it is more than just [...]

It’s Friday!!!

FINALLY! Whew . . . I can’t believe I made it . . .
Last Saturday was another “beautiful” day for spring soccer in the Rockies. Dude is wearing a rain jacket under his jersey; however, it could have been a t-shirt or parka at any time . . . we had snow, rain, sunshine so [...]

Spring Soccer in the Rockies

Well, soccer started Thursday, right on schedule Ya gotta be ready for anything in April! Keira did not wear a princess dress - it was snowing - but she did put on long underwear to be warm I suggested that maybe she would want to put some pants on over her long underwear [...]

Soccer

As I mentioned earlier, Keira starts soccer practice today. We got an email from her coach last week . . . I was just rereading it to verify time and location and this part made me giggle
“In the meantime, have your girls be thinking of a good team name. Like maybe the Ponies (hint, hint), [...]

Ladybugs and Hurricanes

Alas . . . soccer season has come to an end. I wasn’t so sure about this coaching gig in the beginning, but I must admit that it was A LOT of fun and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. I learned SO MUCH about soccer, it’s amazing. And my little ladybugs were so [...]

Ladybugs Soccer

Well, the 2nd to last week of soccer is upon us. We have 2 games and 1 practice left. It’s been SO MUCH FUN! Who knew My little ladybugs are doing so well . . . they are undefeated with one tie. All of the games have been fun so far . . . [...]