Our wedding anniversary gift to each other this year was a membership at the YMCA. It's a brand spankin' new facility within 2 miles of our house, located within a beautiful park. As members, the kids get to participate in the youth sports and we decided to enroll Maisie in soccer. She absolutely loves kicking the soccer ball around and enrollment starts at age 3, however we decided to enroll her at age 4. Her season is 8 weeks long and concludes the weekend before Thanksgiving. Her team is called "Tiger Princesses." Cute name huh? It was a democratic decision; all of the girls, save one, wanted to be called "The Princesses," the remaining girl insisted on "The Tigers" (she said as she growled....really!) Hence, "The Tiger Princesses."
You'll see that our dear Maisie certainly looks adorable in her uniform (hey I'm her Mom, I'm allowed to be proud), but she is one of the most petite girls in the league. She doesn't know it though and jumps right in.
They have weekly practices and Saturday games. It truly takes us longer to get all 5 of us ready, load up, drive there, park amongst the several hundred other parents/kids, walk to the field, unload the wagon and set up chairs........than it does for the 30 minute game!! But we all absolutely love it!!
Ainslie is so eager to be old enough to play on a team. She has her own soccer ball that she takes to each of Maisie's practices and games and we play with her on the sidelines. Finn is just as happy as he gets to be outside and there is so much for him to look at. He is content to sit on my lap under the umbrella and just 'people watch.'
Go Tiger Princesses!!!
~Deb
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