Herding Cats: Part Deux

We’ve had a few soccer games in which I’ve been the mom standing at the sidelines yelling,

Kick the ball

Don’t chase the kids

Kick the ball

Don’t chase the kids

 

My son is obviously a good listener.

 

And doesn’t everyone throw some dance moves into their soccer skillset?

 

This shot cracked me up because it was quickly turning into a game of catch.

 

Let’s just say that maybe Itty Bit isn’t quite cut out for goalie.

    

And apparently I am really good at taking pictures of kids falling down.  This poor sweet girl gets it every time.

 

See?  Even in Game #2 when Itty Bit got to team up with her… first they got their goals mixed up:

 

And then  yep… she took a major bruising :(

 

Then it was Itty Bit’s turn.

But this kid took the cake.

Wait… cake?  Did somebody say cake???

Oh sorry… Yes, I get distracted easily ;)

 

So the kid who takes the CAKE?

Everytime he fell?  He just laid there

and laid there

and played dead.

Yes, we were howling.

~

Oh no… back to goalie duty:

 

It wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t interfere with that darn “chasing kids” thing…

Umm, yes.  That is #3, our goalie, who ran out to chase the kids.  Head/Palm.

And again.  *sigh*

And then?  The game ending injury for this kiddo.  Go ahead, wince with his momma.

Oh yeah, he got pummeled by the kid in blue – took a hard knee to the head and ran off the field crying.

And the irony?  As he was running off the field, the ball landed in front of him and he accidentally kicked it.

And that, my friends, was the first time he’d touched the ball in the entire game.

Depsite the crazy non-rule-following going on, he actually was having a blast until the owie.  He was totally confused why the game would include the possibility of getting hurt.

Want to know what excites me most about this picture?

Heck yeah… it’s the BASEBALL diamond behind it :)