Soccer

 

Jackobi was so excited to play soccer this fall! She begged to play, so we decided to let her give it a try.  We quickly learned she didn't love it.  Or even really like it. [obviously shown in the picture below] She loves to kick the ball in the yard when it's just us, but when there's a large crowd, she'd rather stand as far from the action as possible.  "I don't want to get kicked" she says ... can't blame the girl.  She did find another friend, Jett, who was as disinterested in the soccer game as her, so they made quite the pair playing with each other as far from the ball as possible.  They actually became quite fun to watch.  Where soccer didn't go quite as we had thought, by the end of the season Jackobi came out of her shell a bit. She wouldn't full on play, but did manage to participate a bit.  My favorite part of the season, was after their last game.  All the players got medals, and in the car on the way home -- she told how proud of herself she was for sticking it out and not quitting.  We are too!! It was a fun season of soccer! [and quite possibly the last for Miss Jackobi ... she says we should just stick to dance!]