Mia Hamm?--Umm, not quite yet!!

Elli had her first (ever) soccer game this morning. Imagine 8 four year old prissy girls all trying to run after a ball, without any sort of soccer training. Actually, most didn't even know what a soccer ball was!! We parents, thinking our kids just love to do the things that we were interested in as kids right?---Wrong!! Yeah, Dean has been trying to practice with Elli the last few days, and we thought that she really had a "talent". We thought we were ahead of the game on this whole soccer thing. I think Dean had this vision of our daughter being the "star" player out there this morning. (I should have just reminded him of her mothers athletic ability-or lack there of!) But...I think you know what is coming next.....Just a little rundown of how things REALLY went. Seven out of the eight girls broke down in tears (yes, Elli was one of those 7). I overheard at least 5 of the girls tell their parents they didn't ever want to play soccer again (yes, Elli was one of those 5). Six girls wanted their parents to come onto the field and play FOR them (yes, Elli was one of those 6). Four girls sat down on the grass while the game was going and started looking at the lines painted on the field (yes, Elli was one of the 4). All 8 girls sprinted their butts over to the snack table after the game was done (yes, Elli was one of the 8). And I think all the dads walked away shaking their heads and realizing that their little "angles" were not ruff and tuff Mia Hamm's. ( at least not yet---). They looked so darn cute though. And that is why a girl plays sports right?--for the cute uniforms---hehe