So indoor soccer has started again for Brandon. This past weekend they played their second game and did great. The place where we are playing has two other U8 teams that we played in the first season of indoor who decided they did not want to play us this season because we were too good. So the owners put us in a higher bracket with the U10 boys. This is Hunter's age group so he told us that Hunter could play on the team as well as the goalie. He was pumped!! Our first game we lost 8-2 but Brian spoke to the coach afterwards who said that they were an academy team and won several tournaments in that age group. Hunter knew a few of the boys from playing with the FC Dallas Academy team. We hung in there with them and it was a very exciting game. At the game on Saturday, we played the Yellow Jackets and we tied 9-9. It felt like we should have won but had a quarter where the defense hung Hunter out to dry in goal. It was another great game.
Brian is concerned that the boys will lose their confidence and get discouraged that we aren't winning like usual but I think they are smart enough to realize that the kids we are playing are much faster and bigger and we are hanging right in there with them. Brian has big hopes for these boys to play together in the future on a more competitive level and I keep telling him this is only proof of what they will be able to do. They are playing kids who are two years older and are doing great. It is much more exciting than watching them beat kids their own age 25-0. We are going to do a tournament in Feb that should be very telling as to how good they really are. Nonetheless, it has been exciting so far.
Brandon had a sleepover on Sat night with a friend from soccer so Hunter got to be an only child. We decided that hasn't happened since Brandon was born and he had a great time. He got to workout with us at the gym and then we went to Academy and got him his gear to go shooting and went to dinner at his choice. It was a quiet evening and we all decided that Brandon must be the crazy one around here because without him things were very calm. Brian and I both realized how much he is still the baby of the family because we worried about him while he was gone even though he is almost 8 yrs old.
Today they are enjoying the beautiful weather and playing outside!!
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