first game

Cailey had to miss her soccer practice on Friday night because she was sick...but was much better and able to make it to her first game at 8:00 Saturday morning! Unfortunately they taught the kids how to play on Friday night so Cailey didn't really know what she was supposed to be doing, but Coach Rick was AWESOME and helped her along. The kids switch out a bunch and each get a turn to play different positions. Cailey hasn't been goalie yet...and didn't really like the 'defending' position. (Sorry to all you soccer players who know the real positions-we have NO clue, so I'm gonna have to describe them). Basically it involved her standing around a lot and not going after the ball. SO funny because the coach pointed to the line and said, "don't go past it...stay RIGHT where you are." My sweet Cailey Bedelia had the ball RIGHT IN FRONT of her but didn't go after it because she was told to stay where she was:)! Coach Rick saw it and quickly told her it was okay to kick the ball once it was close to her. Her favorite times were when she was running and kicking the ball...again...sorry about the lack of lingo. It was apparent that she didn't know what to do, but she was still a GREAT sport! When the game was over we told her she did a great job and asked her if she liked it. Her response went something like this: "I liked it, but I didn't really know what I was supposed to do:)!" We reassured her that she would learn on Friday night at practice.

going after the ball...and digging in the dirt:)
(i dug in the dirt pretty much every game when i
played softball..so I just had to get a pic of her doing
it! She was only digging for a few seconds and then went
right back to playing!)