Playing for the Blue Monkeys!

Calista was begging us to play on a team for a while now, so I signed her up to play soccer... and volunteered to be her coach. Was this a wise decision? Mostly, I think yes.

Kick-off on the very first day!

When it is practice time, she is loving it.

 Dribbling and playing and having fun, can life get any better?

Her face would suggest not.
She is learning and getting better...

mostly in her attitude. When it is no longer practice time and becomes "game" time, Calista sometimes has some troubles.

She gets upset when the other players (sometimes on her own team) "fight" her.

Subbing out of the game for a bit to calm down.

And, for those not fluent in Calista-ese, when they "fight" her, all it means is they are playing and taking the ball away from her. No punches thrown or anything.
So, we've been working on being a good sport, and she's making progress. She even won an award for it (okay, I made up awards for the team).

"Most improved sportsmanship."

Craig loves to play too,

Or at least take Kyler on an adventure all over the field.

Sometimes he thinks he is one of the "big kids" playing on the team.

All in all, I think I'll consider putting her in soccer again... if she wants to.