Soccer Star

So we all know that there have been some ups and downs during Grace's first soccer season, so why should this weekend be any different.  Grace did great at practice on Monday and told us that she was going to make a goal Saturday at her game.  Mrs. King her teacher from last year came to watch her and we were all a little nervous about this due to Grace's "stage fright" when others watch her, but she started the game and was smiling and running so all looked good...until this little blonde....no, I 'll say it....this big blonde on the other team whom I'm pretty sure has been playing since birth hit Grace in the face.  Grace started crying and would not go back on the field.  Brandon and I tried our hardest to motivate her...you know, balloons, a new dress, you name it, but she just wanted to go home.  She also wanted Mrs. King to go home...I'm still sad about this!  Mrs. King said that she understood and knows Grace well and wasn't upset at all.  Well Grace continued to cry and would not go in, so it wasn't Mrs. King being there either.  The last quarter Brandon gave his little girl one heck of a pep talk (no bribes included) and she ran out there and did great...so great that she kicked the ball, she kicked it in the goal.  She was very excited, but not nearly as excited as me and Brandon!  I'm a little embarrassed now that I think of it.  After the game we took her picture by the first goal that she scored in!  We also had to go get one balloon because that's what this other little girl gets when she scores a goal. Grace later told me that she didn't really want Mrs. King to leave she was just embarrassed that the big blonde girl hit her in the face and Mrs. King saw her crying!  It was another emotional soccer day!

This is Grace's soccer team...cute bunch of girls aren't they?