Soccer Days of Fall....

I was going to post Peyton's soccer pics and a video from this fall (I still am) but came across some of her first soccer days. She was just 2.5 years old and too cute with her soccer ball. Peyton loved the ball and playing but was quite unsure of the group thing~ Well, we've come a long way since then! Peyton did a soccer session through the park district programs (really big here); it lasted for just 5 Saturdays and that was just enough. Again, she loves the ball, playing soccer, and actually is quite good at kicking and dribbling, but still has a phobia about the group thing. She would practically freeze up when it was time to play a game. We finally figured out that she's afraid of getting hit with the ball or one of the boys (she was the only girl) running into her. Instead, she would take her ball into one of the goals and sit on it and wait for the Sharks & Minnows game to be done. Or she would flutter her arms like a bird and drift aimlessly from one end to the other. BUT she was a super-star during warm-up and kicking and drills! Here are some of the highlights from the past 5 weeks: