At least I don't have a soccer ball on the van yet.

This was my view for a lot of the Labor Day weekend. 

Nate is now playing on a traveling soccer team, with games and tournaments almost every weekend. 

Yes, I am now a soccer mom. And I couldn't be prouder. 

I promise not to fit all the stereotypes. ;)

First soccer game!

Today was Novak's first soccer game. It included lots of pretending to be a superhero, a game of tag on the field, talking to random sideline observers, and not very much soccer. 

To his credit, as of today they had played a whopping 15 minutes of practice and most of them had no clue what to do. 

But it was still fun, nevertheless!

The highlight of the game had to be when he was playing goalie and "stopped" the ball (in the goal).  Afterwards, he looked over to us and yelled, "Mom!  Did you see? I got the ball!  With my hands!  I want to give you a big hug!" And he ran over for a hug. 

Soccer

Nate is once again playing soccer this spring, and loving every minute.  They had their soccer pictures taken a few weeks ago and I though they were too cute not to share.

What you can't tell from these pictures is that it was about 35 degrees that morning.  At least it was sunny!

Update:  Nate just walked in, saw this picture, and said, "That was me.  I was freezing.  I was shivering cold."

Nate (who else?)

Crew - Spring 2012

Soccer time

Nate is playing soccer again this fall. He absolutely loves it! This year he is on a new team, the Rapids. Becky took some great pictures of him at his game today.