On Sunday, Maxwell had his final soccer game of the season. It was slightly chilly but a great day to be playing outside! Spencer warmed up with the team…

and then it was time for Mean Green to play! They hustled a lot…and goofed off a little!  🙂

Spencer had to cheer from the sidelines…

but, don’t worry, he had a sucker (or 3!).

Baby Mantha once again enjoyed her view from the carrier!

The boys played a great game and Maxwell scored an awesome goal. After they shook hands with the other team…

it was time for trophies!! Woohoo! The boys were so excited! Nothing like a giant trophy for “participation”!

It was a great season with a fun team…

We’re so proud of Robert for being a great coach…

and we’re super proud of Maxwell for playing so hard!

and, don’t worry Spence, you’ll get your own participation trophy soon!  🙂

Gooooo Mean Green!

and Go Maxwell!

On Sunday we had a soccer game despite the fact that it had been raining for about 2 weeks straight. There was a break in the rain for the game, but it was dreary and MUDDY! We were on one of the back fields and I think we might have had the muddiest field of all. We got there and Spence couldn’t wait to get out there and practice with Maxwell before the rest of the team arrived…

Within 3 minutes, he fell and got a little muddy…

Well, really muddy…

really really muddy! ha!

He didn’t care.

This kid is all boy!

It was a low turnout so Robert let Spencer “warm up” with the team for a bit and Spence was in hog-heaven! After he did a few things with the big kids, he ran back over to me saying “Momma! I did re-wee good!”

Despite hating being dirty, Maxwell was a trooper and slipped and slid all over that field! At one point, Maxwell did a belly slide into the goal…he was the first to really eat it in the mud. He was tough for a minute but once Robert got over to him, he just couldn’t hold those tears in. After a break on the side line and little water he was good to go again. By that point, everyone was falling all over the place. It was honestly hilarious. The boys were covered in mud and surprisingly, none of them thought it was very cool or fun at all!

They played with a lot of heart and had a great game. Maxwell scored one goal with the ball…and one goal with his body! ha!

Meanwhile, I entertained Pig Pen on the side lines with not 1, not 2, but 3 suckers. I’m a sucker.

Baby Mantha enjoyed the game mud-free from the sling!

Everyone was pretty dirty at the end of the game but it was worth it!

Go Muddy Mean Green!

I sadly had to miss Maxwell’s first soccer game, but nothing was going to keep me from his second game! On Sunday afternoon we headed out to the drizzly, muggy soccer field with the whole fam in tow! Maxwell and Coach Brown started working on some drills…

while I did my best to entertain Samantha and Spencey on the sidelines! Not the easiest task considering Spencey really wanted to be out on the field with Maxwell. We made it thanks to plenty of gummies! ha!

Baby Mantha was a good cheerleader. I had the go-pod for her…

But she only lasted in that about 5 minutes. Luckily I took the carrier with me so she was happy to hang out there and get a good view of the game.

It got most interesting when Spencey decided he also needed to be held at the same time for the last quarter of the game. Oh my aching back! But, it was all worth it to see Maxwell hustling out on that field!

I loved when he got to kick off from center field too!

Whenever Maxwell wasn’t in the game, Spencer would stand on the sidelines and yell “I want Max-cell!!” ha!

Please note he’s got even more gummies on the arm of his chair! Gummy monster.

Maxwell played great. He got after the ball and scored THREE GOALS!! Go Maxwell go!

Most importantly, he had fun!

When the game was over, Spencer finally got his turn kicking the ball into the goal.

Which then turned into this….

Oh Spencey….you keep things adventurous!

It was a fantastic game 2 and we’re so proud of our super soccer star!