Month of "Firsts"

A few months ago, we had a "month of lasts" where I posted, as we celebrated, some of Kristen's last special things from high school. Now it's time to celebrate the "firsts" coming up!

Today was the first soccer game of the season for our boys. The very first one ever for Nicky! They had a ball! They have been practicing so hard for the last few weeks and so today they were really excited about playing.

This is my first year having two kids in sports at the same time so I was a little nervous at how to divide my time because, of course, their games were at the same time ;) It ended up not being a problem at all! Their fields were right beside each other! Right from the start, Brandon was playing and Nicky was sitting out so we were at Brandon's field while still able to keep an eye on Nicky so we would know when it was his turn to play. When it was his turn we switched fields. Easy! As the games progressed, they did end up playing at the same time. Still, no problem since we could easily see each field no matter which field we were standing at!

Brandon scored his FIRST GOAL EVER! Of course I did not capture that on film as I was very busy shouting! It was very tense as the other team was right on him and they were all right in front of the goal kicking at the ball! Great job, Brandon! His star for the day, though, was for "most Christ-like behavior". That's the best star EVER!

Nicholas did really well too! He got right in there and went after that ball! His star for the day was "best goalie". He did great (well except near the end when he really wanted to chase the ball!)! Great job, Nicholas!

They will continue to have practice each week so the coaches can work on things they noticed from the games. Giving more informed directions based on observation. Should be fun!

Here's a few pics of my athletes :)

Our "month of firsts" started off with a bang!