The older kids have a ball watching her. It's good for them to be spectators for a change. And Sophie has some friends playing soccer as well-which always helps, wish they could have been on the the same team!
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Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Sophie the Soccer Player
This is what it looks like when Sophie plays soccer.
But if you ask her, so won't admit to liking it one bit. She is a funny one when it comes to attention and new experiences and trying new things. This is her first foray into team sports and she's suited to it. She gets right in there and kicks the ball. I thought she may just sit on the field and not do anything at all based on our conversations leading up to the first game. But she didn't and I'm glad. She even scored a goal in the first game. The second game was a little harder because it was almost 100 degrees outside.
The older kids have a ball watching her. It's good for them to be spectators for a change. And Sophie has some friends playing soccer as well-which always helps, wish they could have been on the the same team!
The older kids have a ball watching her. It's good for them to be spectators for a change. And Sophie has some friends playing soccer as well-which always helps, wish they could have been on the the same team!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Baseball and Softball Season
May is such a crazy month for us. It seems like it happens every year. This year both Jack and Bella are playing baseball and softball respectively and we spend our evenings at games and practices. Bella played t-ball and coach pitch, but then took a year off, so it's kind of new again for her. She plays all over in the infield and outfield but hasn't pitched or caught yet-not sure if she wants to. Her league is really about learning how to play, they usually get in two innings in their allotted time.
Doesn't she have the cutest stance.
Jack has been playing all over this year. He has been catcher, pitcher, first, third and shortstop. He is pretty speedy and athletic. He really grasps the game and the play is pretty fast. He has a lot of kids his age on his team, so they are a bit older in the 5th 6th grade league and play pretty well together.
Sadly this is my least crazy picture of Jack pitching. Need to do better.
The rub in all this is their games are on the same nights at pretty much the same times. So Nate and I divide and conquer and go to opposite games. We switch on and off. I take Tessa with me and he takes Sophie. What has really been great about this season so far is there have been no rain outs. Rain outs=makeup games=season seems sooo long.
On the house front, we are so close. They were cleaning it today and the front door has been painted. All they have left is the touch-ups. We will hopefully be there in just over a week!
Jack has been playing all over this year. He has been catcher, pitcher, first, third and shortstop. He is pretty speedy and athletic. He really grasps the game and the play is pretty fast. He has a lot of kids his age on his team, so they are a bit older in the 5th 6th grade league and play pretty well together.
The rub in all this is their games are on the same nights at pretty much the same times. So Nate and I divide and conquer and go to opposite games. We switch on and off. I take Tessa with me and he takes Sophie. What has really been great about this season so far is there have been no rain outs. Rain outs=makeup games=season seems sooo long.
On the house front, we are so close. They were cleaning it today and the front door has been painted. All they have left is the touch-ups. We will hopefully be there in just over a week!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Basketball 2012
Jack and Isabella both played Jr. Jazz basketball this year.
Jack mainly played guard and was on an all sixth grade boys team.
This was the first year that Bella was on an all girls team. She had some good friends on her team and had a great time.
They both scored a lot of baskets and improved over the season.
Sophie and Tessa are troopers and went to all the games. Tessa learned to clap as a result, pretty cute.
Jack mainly played guard and was on an all sixth grade boys team.
This was the first year that Bella was on an all girls team. She had some good friends on her team and had a great time.
They both scored a lot of baskets and improved over the season.
Sophie and Tessa are troopers and went to all the games. Tessa learned to clap as a result, pretty cute.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Legacy Gymnastics Meet
Vault
Friday, May 6, 2011
Baseball Season
Jack is on the Twins this year, for which I am grateful, from a fashion point of view. I have noticed many of the teams main color seems to be gray, The A's and the Angels seem to have variety, but everyone else is a shade of blue or gray. I know-silly to care, but c'mon, make the Padres orange or black. Put a little variety in the mix!
Anyway, Jack has played catcher, second base, and third base thus far. He has fun playing baseball. It doesn't seem to have the same intensity as football has for him-for which I am glad. He just goes out there and does his best and has a good time. I suppose baseball isn't usually as physically taxing as football, so maybe that is part of it. I missed a lot of games last year because so many of them start at 8. And I know this year will be similar, so I am really trying to enjoy the ones we all get to go to. This year Nate isn't coaching, so he sits with me and wrangles the girls. Well, Sophie mostly.
I wish I could remember how well Jeff and I paid attention at A's games when we were young when my dad took us. We were pretty little, but he would load us onto BART and we would ride out to the stadium. Jeff was really little, because he once fell asleep and peed all over my dad. I remember this as being hilarious. It probably didn't occur to my dad to bring a diaper bag or change of clothes or not let Jeff drink tons and tons. But I am sure at the time my dad didn't think it was very funny. I do have an appreciation of watching baseball live as a result. It just isn't as fun on TV. I like the atmosphere at games, especially small ones. Nate and I have been to a few big league games since we've been married, but the minor league ones and the ones Jack play in are my favorites. I just wish the seats were a bit more comfy!
Anyway, Jack has played catcher, second base, and third base thus far. He has fun playing baseball. It doesn't seem to have the same intensity as football has for him-for which I am glad. He just goes out there and does his best and has a good time. I suppose baseball isn't usually as physically taxing as football, so maybe that is part of it. I missed a lot of games last year because so many of them start at 8. And I know this year will be similar, so I am really trying to enjoy the ones we all get to go to. This year Nate isn't coaching, so he sits with me and wrangles the girls. Well, Sophie mostly.
I wish I could remember how well Jeff and I paid attention at A's games when we were young when my dad took us. We were pretty little, but he would load us onto BART and we would ride out to the stadium. Jeff was really little, because he once fell asleep and peed all over my dad. I remember this as being hilarious. It probably didn't occur to my dad to bring a diaper bag or change of clothes or not let Jeff drink tons and tons. But I am sure at the time my dad didn't think it was very funny. I do have an appreciation of watching baseball live as a result. It just isn't as fun on TV. I like the atmosphere at games, especially small ones. Nate and I have been to a few big league games since we've been married, but the minor league ones and the ones Jack play in are my favorites. I just wish the seats were a bit more comfy!
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Early Bird Gets the Doughnut
This has been a pretty busy year for kids sports. Nate and I have both encouraged the kids to be athletic and make sports a part of their lives. We let them try whatever is available and see how they feel about it. Jack would play football, basketball, and baseball all the time if physically possible. The kid loves to be outside and be moving. I have no idea how he survives sitting at his desk most of the day without a ball in his hand.
Bella wanted to sign up for gymnastics the summer before kindergarten and has been going ever since. She also discovered a great love for basketball this year and wants to sign up for volley ball as soon as she is old enough. Gymnastics has been good for her in other sports and you can really see how the strength she has built there compliments everything else. And she loves it almost always, well, until this past winter. She goes early in the morning before school you see. She is our only kid who really values sleep. I rarely had to put her down for a nap when she was little, she would just go. In the fall when it was light outside, she was fine, she would hop up out of bed and get ready and all was well. Then winter hit, dark, cold, icy windows, snow, and man, it became hard. Then in December they let us know that her level needed to add another two hours each week. Nate and I both dreaded that change. You see, we value sleep as well (Nate more than I), and knew another few hours were gone. So we came up with a plan. A plan that gave everyone a little happiness. Nate instituted Doughnut Friday. One of us takes her in the morning, and we work out while she is there, then on the way home get some doughnuts to share. We both don't want to cancel all the work of the working out, so he and I each have a quarter of a maple bar, it is way hard to not buy a whole dozen each week, trust me on that one. Then Bella gets a chocolate with chocolate frosting. Jack and Sophie share with us because that is just how it is-sometimes we are mean. Anyway, it has totally helped with the extra early morning, funny as that seems. Bella always loves gymnastics, especially when she is there and not in transit. She has learned that some stuff is hard, but worth it. And it is always better to have Dad wake you up than Mom. He is way more sympathetic and gentle. I just wiggle her foot and say, time to go.
Bella wanted to sign up for gymnastics the summer before kindergarten and has been going ever since. She also discovered a great love for basketball this year and wants to sign up for volley ball as soon as she is old enough. Gymnastics has been good for her in other sports and you can really see how the strength she has built there compliments everything else. And she loves it almost always, well, until this past winter. She goes early in the morning before school you see. She is our only kid who really values sleep. I rarely had to put her down for a nap when she was little, she would just go. In the fall when it was light outside, she was fine, she would hop up out of bed and get ready and all was well. Then winter hit, dark, cold, icy windows, snow, and man, it became hard. Then in December they let us know that her level needed to add another two hours each week. Nate and I both dreaded that change. You see, we value sleep as well (Nate more than I), and knew another few hours were gone. So we came up with a plan. A plan that gave everyone a little happiness. Nate instituted Doughnut Friday. One of us takes her in the morning, and we work out while she is there, then on the way home get some doughnuts to share. We both don't want to cancel all the work of the working out, so he and I each have a quarter of a maple bar, it is way hard to not buy a whole dozen each week, trust me on that one. Then Bella gets a chocolate with chocolate frosting. Jack and Sophie share with us because that is just how it is-sometimes we are mean. Anyway, it has totally helped with the extra early morning, funny as that seems. Bella always loves gymnastics, especially when she is there and not in transit. She has learned that some stuff is hard, but worth it. And it is always better to have Dad wake you up than Mom. He is way more sympathetic and gentle. I just wiggle her foot and say, time to go.
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