First soccer game
Hi all,
Today was Paul's first soccer game. We signed him up for our neighborhood team in the Portland Youth Soccer league. His team is Alameda "Thunder," and check out their snazzy uniforms! I wasn't at practice last night, but I know Paul was pretty excited about the new uniforms that were handed out!
Today was the first game. They play 3 on 3, on a half-field, 2 twenty-minute halves, two games going at once. They don't keep score for this age group, and there is no goalie. It was super fun and here are a few photos of Paul and his team today. His team is all first grade boys, but we noticed some of the teams were mixed girls and boys. Not sure why, but I wouldn't have minded having him on a co-ed team.
We had lots more fun today too -- a soapbox derby event right after soccer, riding bikes in the park after lunch, and tonight a picnic dinner to see the thousands of Vaux's sifts swirling into the annual roost site where they gather before heading to South America for the winter.
Here are some of the team with their coach, Kevin, whose son is on the team too.
A team photo at the start of the day.
Blurry, but here is Paul in action.
Cheering for a goal!
Well, Ben was a good sport to sit through the game, and it was kind of Kimie and Dave to come to the game too! Ben's favorite part of the day was the soapbox derby, he told me at bedtime. Tomorrow, more fun -- we are going to a local trout farm for fishing! We are packing in all the fun we can before the rains come! Last weekend we visited Fort Vancouver, and our local amusement park, Oaks Park, and we had a nice picnic dinner and hike in an easy and accessible part of Forest Park, where we saw a Barred owl perched in a tree, right above the trail.
Cheers, everyone. Julie
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