Soccer Tournament

Although soccer is a bigger deal as a whole - called futbol here - than in Seattle, it is less so at the elementary school level.  At age 7 or 8 the kids who are more intense join select and elite teams and the school teams are those that love to play but at a less intense level.  Both kids like this however it means far fewer games.  Their

practices are once a week on Saturdays and most of their practices are filled with full field scrimmages.  But scrimmages are just against your own team so not quite as fun.
On the morning of

Josie's birthday was the JFK Fall Soccer tournament.  So we all rode over for a morning of soccer.  Both kids between 5-6 games and Benjamin's team came in 2nd in the whole tournament and Josie's team is filled with girls that haven't played as much and didn't do so well.  But both kids played their hearts out, Marty

volunteered to be a referee, it was a gorgeous sunny day and it was fun to be outside for a few hours before the BIG sleepover at our house later in the evening.