Pelé She's Not

***Warning... Please use extreme caution while reading... This post is dripping with sarcasm and was composed by one of the least athletic individuals known to man!!!***

So, as I intimated in my last entry, Braelyn mercifully played her final soccer game of the year this weekend. Let's just say that she wasn't a fan of the whole experience. Our daughter was the one that spent most of the game crying for mom and dad. Her favorite complaints used during the year to get out of playing centered on the fact that her legs hurt when she runs followed closely by the fact that she misses us too much to play out on the field and (truly one of my personal favorites) but nobody gives me the ball.

Obviously, this is was an experiment gone awry, but it was also a lesson learned (for the adults that is)... Maybe the old adage that they're never too young to give something new a try is just crazy talk. Or (more likely) maybe the whole debacle already helped to enlighten mom and dad both that perhaps Braelyn has a higher likelihood of obtaining a college scholarship in the arts as opposed to on an athletic field.

Regardless, I thought I'd share some of our favorite photos of the season if for no other reason then you won't see anything resembling this again anytime soon.

Please enjoy (because in most cases our oldest certainly didn't!)...

One of Braelyn's best soccer moments... Playing goalie (Yep, they actually kicked the ball to her that game so all was good... At least until the of the period when she wanted to go because she was hungry!)

What do you mean I can't use my hands?!?!?!

Two things that were rarely together this season... Braelyn & the soccer ball (followed closely by Braelyn with a smile on her face while on the soccer field!



So, it's tough to tell here but this is Braelyn executing one of her patented  soccer moves this year... Running around in circles.

I honestly believe that this conversation between Braelyn and her coach entailed our child explaining that she couldn't play that day because her ears were too cold... And yes, this is during the game on the field itself... Good times!!!

And finally, this is dad's favorite shot of the year. That's Braelyn picking grass while her team and the opponents are off to the right... You know, playing a game of soccer! (and they said four was too young to start her in sports.)