would practice but refuse to play on game day (we bribed him to go on the field but he just stood there with his arms folded and his brow furrowed.) The third week he finally decided to play. It eased his fears that his Dad was referee-ing so he could blow the whistle if kids were to get too pushy again.
I didn't get as many pictures of Isaac as I would have liked. With trying to make it to three different games each Saturday, I didn't always get to stay for his games and when I did I didn't always have the camera. He was kind of the star player on his 4 man team this year. Mostly because he'd played before and was starting to catch on to defense and taking the ball away from the other team etc. The other boys it was their first year and one had just had a cast taken off, so he couldn't run very fast etc. Isaac would have been happy just to play even if he hadn't scored a lot etc. Last year and this he comes home excited and saying they won, whether they did or not. I'm just happy he gets to run around a lot and get out some of his energy!
Nicole played for the first time this year--the rest of her team has been playing for a while. She had a phenomenal coach, really encouraging and built the girls up as well as knowing his stuff. Nicole REALLY had fun despite not really knowing the other girls on the team. The thing that impressed me most about Nicole and Isaac is how much running stamina they had.
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