Soccer Practice

 Something we've been working on over the past few months at House 2 is exercise! Something I love, but some of the kids...maybe not so much. We also realized that our House 2 kids, a majority of whom are in Elementary school, don't have a real concept of how to play organized sports. When I think about ballet lessons and soccer practices and whatever else my siblings and I got to participate in growing up, the thought of some of these guys missing out was just no good. So, Kristin & I started playing soccer with the kids three times a week, doing some little drills, scrimmaging, and there's always a fist fight or two thrown in for fun. Usually Brandon's involved, but I digress. Getting out of the house and walking a block to where we practice has become one of my favorite parts of the week, and the kids get really excited about playing now, too.

Getting ready to play 

First things first. Mandatory warm-up activity? Freeze tag. Kids' request. And as part of this ritual, we obviously have to put our "feet in" to see who's going to be IT. The kids' have a pretty sweet Flinstones song to sing as we go around the foot circle, but they think Eenie-Meenie-Miney-Mo is hilarious. Doesn' take much to entertain this group.

Annnnnd PLAY.

Wonder which red-shirted player won that battle?

Soccer or dodgeball? Tempting.

Instead of playing soccer, she'd rather run suicides. She's not all there.

(Just kiddingggg!) 

Love this team.