Emily enjoys playing soccer with her friends on the playground. I was skeptical that she was doing anything but randomly booting the ball or maybe cheering a little from the sidelines, but when we actually played in the back yard, she wasn’t bad! So when she said she wanted to do a soccer camp this summer, I said okay. She’s signed up for “Soccer FUNdamentals” next week.
They required us to get shinguards, so we stopped by a sporting goods store to get some. Then we realized we needed long socks to go over the shinguards. And probably shoes would be a good idea. Anyway, one thing led to another, and now we’ve got a little Mia Hamm running around the house, dressed in all the pink clothes she picked out.
By the way, she now wears size 6 1/2 girls shoes, which apparently translates to size 8 women’s. She can now share footwear with my mother. Thanks a lot, bigfooted husband.
Here’s our budding soccer star. If she enjoys it, maybe she can play for my alma mater UNC one day! Lady Heels! Woo!