Short Season

It seems like just a couple of weeks ago that Bruce was out of town again, and I was in a complete panic over the prospect of finding three pairs of cleats and shinguards and locating the uniforms that had either been handed out at practice or needed to be picked up before the game. Actually, four pairs of cleats would have been nice, as I needed to ref as well, but I did without and looked like a dork, as my husband pointed out the following week.

I managed to find the Jackson 5 cd and play a few songs to set the mood ("I Want You Back"), and make some waffles for the morning carbo load. As usual, I didn't get the reception or appreciation I expected as Sophia announced she didn't like Michael Jackson. Liking songs usually associates my kids with one of their parents, not both. Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder would be mom's music, ACDC and Styx would be dad's.


One canceled game due to snow in April (the weekend the aunties came down), and then all of a sudden it is the end of the season. (It is a little short as we weren't able to have the 5-aside tournament due to repair work being done on the fields.) The girls all advanced in their skills, especially around confidence and sense for the field. And I finally took pictures, though not as well as family members with better cameras and more focus usually do.


One troubling development is that Sophia seems to have either allergies or exersion-related asthma which meant that, especially when it was hot, she sometimes had trouble breathing and had to be subbed. She was visibly scared as she said her throat tightened when she was trying to breathe.

Miranda recently attended her 5th grade camp trip, an OMSI sponsored Wednesday through Friday at the coast studying science. We just attended Miranda's end-of-the year concert with Heart of the Valley Choir.


Next comes the end of the school year. Miranda's last days as an elementary school student, our family's last days with all three kids at the same school. Sophia has to decide if she's going to try out for the choir, Miranda is deciding whether she'll stay in. Not sure if it has so much to do with singing as it does how cool choir people are or are not. So far everyone is planning to play AYSO soccer again next year. So glad to be in a country where the girls play "football" too.