Sportsmanship...

We have really enjoyed soccer...Can't believe there are only 2 more games and we won't be at the last one bc will be out of town celebrating the future Howells! (Yippee!!)...so only one more game for us! We love getting to practice a few mins early and warming up as a family... :)

Ran into my high school soccer coach this Sat while M was playing and it was fun to show her my daughter playing on the same fields that we played on for practice in High School... :)

Carter had grown to love sitting on the side lines with the bag full of snacks, books, and toys...and M loves joining us on the water breaks...here she is getting a pep talk from Daddy...Last week was rough...she acted like a goof at the end of the game...we had to have a long talk after the game and then before the game this week about what it means to be part of a team and how there is a time to be goofy with friends and a time to work hard for your team...she really put her all into working hard the whole time this Sat....we were so proud of her!

There she goes! She isn't very aggressive at this point and hardly touches the ball, but she is running and working with her team which we love!

At the end of each game one kid is chosen for a medal (everyone gets one by the end of the season)...M got one for GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP....we were so proud of her and for trying her best and that the coach saw a difference in the way she was trying this week...

She wanted all of us to try on her medal...Showing Carter the medal and letting him wear it...

We decided to go for ice cream after the game to celebrate...not that it's about getting a medal...but it was just such a drastic difference in how we felt about her effort last week and then this week...we couldn't help but feel proud and want to celebrate...

Silly boys!

We got home and passed a lemonade stand at the end of our road...how cute! We love our neighborhood....so we bought 4 cups and came home and sat on our front porch sipping our drinks and looking up at the squirrel nest in the tree above....(the kids and I saw the squirrel building it the other day...really cool to watch...)

What a SWEET start to our Saturday!