I'm officially a soccer mom!

I'm a little behind with this post, but I can't move on until it is shared. Little L just finished with her first soccer season, and what the treat it was for all who witnessed.

She played on a team with 7 other adorable little girls, ages 4-6. Liv was one of the youngest on the team (we actually had to fib her birthdate in order for her to play...don't judge!) They had one practice before the season began at the end of April. One practice, that was it. Then they were basically thrown onto the soccer field and told to run, chase the ball, and kick it into the goal. No, not that goal...the other one. It was PURE entertainment for eight weeks. While Liv seemed to have a great deal of natural athletic ability (according to her coach), she was in la-la land most of the time, aimlessly running around the field, playing with puppies on the sidelines, huffing and puffing like "okay, when is it my turn to sit out?", and best of all, growling. Yes, she spent a good part of her time on the field growling and baring her teeth at the other team. Now, I have no idea where she learned this...her Dad and I definitely did not teach her this nor did we encourage it. The girls on the other team just looked at her like, "Jeez, who is this kid?" while the parents just laughed hysterically. At the end of one of the games, her coach said loudly, "Well, Livia definitely gets the spirit award!"

We later asked her why she was doing this (and encouraged her to please, stop) and she said, "I'm a tiger!" Oh, now this all made sense...tiger's are her favorite animal of the moment. The soccer field just must have brought out her alter ego...

So, below are some of the pics of the first game, including her favorite part, half-time snacks! Sadly, I missed this game due to a trip with my sisters in California. Daddy took her to the game and got her ready (even put her hair up in a ponytail with a bow matching her uniform). I woke up in California on the morning of the game to a new text message from my mom...she was at the game and had sent me a picture. When I saw my baby girl on the field in her uniform, with her hair all done by Daddy, I just BURST into tears...how could I be missing this? Well, I didn't make that mistake again! What a fun season it was...now time to gear up for Fall!