This girl finally decided to play a little soccer!!!! For the last 3 games. We literally got to the point where I would ask her to just give me a good warm-up. “Meredith…just warm-up with your team. Please… Will you just give me a good warm-up?” Haha! She was willing to do just that, but then they decided to use her ball as the game ball, so I asked her if she’d like to go kick off, and she did! She’d play for about 1 to 2 minutes at a time, and then just run off the field when she decided she was done.

The next game, she was a little less enthusiastic about warm-up, but she still did it after some coaxing. And then she played a little in the game again and actually scored a goal!!! She’s so big that when she decides to play she really has a presence on the field and can be effective.

And in her last game, she warmed up great, and played a little in all 4 quarters! And she scored another goal, and I caught it on video! I noticed she was more likely to go and play if I was recording with my phone, and then she’d watch herself on instant replay.

And boy was she pumped about her trophy! I’d say she actually earned her participation trophy this time. :)