Soccer, Grandpa

Guillermo warms up before the game.

Maya playing with grandpa

Guillermo had his first soccer game of the spring season on Saturday. He had so much fun. 

In his league, the games are 3-on-3 and each team has two games going at once. It 's meant to give the kids as much chance to play as they want and to touch the ball as much as possible. Guillermo barely took a break and was all smiles. He seems to like defense because he would usually head to the goal if it appeared the other team was going to score. Unfortunately, the league rules prohibit kids Guillermo's age from playing goalie or even playing in the goal area. That rule is in place so kids can score often.  

Guillermo scored his first goal in the last game of last season. Hopefully, he'll score again this year. The one downside to this season (except in Guillermo's eyes), his shirt looks like a yellow highlighter. It is so bright it glows in the dark! Guillermo's first soccer team had maroon shirts and the kids voted to have their team name be "barbecue sauce." How cool is that?

We had a busy weekend, with soccer and playdates and beautiful weather. To top it off, my dad came to visit. The kids had so much fun with him. He's in the area for work and came by this evening for dinner and will be back next weekend. Yeah! Guillermo took him to the woods behind our house and they chased tornados and made mud honey.