Dad helping out with the coaching.....and above Olivia looking very serious about the game!
Getting ready to kick off!
Olivia taking a water break!
I think I can officially call myself a "soccer mom", if volunteering to coach 4,5&6 year old's counts that is.....mind you I knew NOTHING about the sport up until the day I emailed the head of Decatur Youth Soccer Association and said "I will volunteer to help", as the thought of kids not getting to play because there was no coach made me sad.....having said that, I thought I was signing up to be an assistant coach, with a head coach to call all the shots, and me to just be, well, helpful! I found out to the contrary that I was in fact THE coach, the one and only. I will say though, after wondering what I had gotten myself into this time, I can now say I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and I think my kids are having fun as well. We actually WON our second game (mind you, we are not supposed to be keeping score in these games, but ask any parent watching and they can certainly tell you the score and who score each goal!). I love seeing the kids laugh, smile and give it their all while playing. Here are some pics from our game Saturday...note dad (a.k.a. my husband Jon) is standing in as coach because I was feeling quite under the weather.
Olivia taking a water break!
I think I can officially call myself a "soccer mom", if volunteering to coach 4,5&6 year old's counts that is.....mind you I knew NOTHING about the sport up until the day I emailed the head of Decatur Youth Soccer Association and said "I will volunteer to help", as the thought of kids not getting to play because there was no coach made me sad.....having said that, I thought I was signing up to be an assistant coach, with a head coach to call all the shots, and me to just be, well, helpful! I found out to the contrary that I was in fact THE coach, the one and only. I will say though, after wondering what I had gotten myself into this time, I can now say I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and I think my kids are having fun as well. We actually WON our second game (mind you, we are not supposed to be keeping score in these games, but ask any parent watching and they can certainly tell you the score and who score each goal!). I love seeing the kids laugh, smile and give it their all while playing. Here are some pics from our game Saturday...note dad (a.k.a. my husband Jon) is standing in as coach because I was feeling quite under the weather. 
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