But if I take a blogging break, who will I brag to?!

We spent last weekend in Georgia watching AAA play All-Star Soccer. The weather was awful! Between rain and the steamy humidity that follows a Georgia rain in 80 degree weather, I can't think of any worse weather to play (or watch!) soccer in! The girls looked like they had rolled around in a pig pen. I actually think that they kind of enjoyed getting that muddy!



AA's team remained undefeated until Sunday afternoon, when they lost the championship game, one to zero. can I tell you how proud I am of these girls?!? Especially my girl. It takes 6 players to play soccer, and that is all that they had on Saturday. No subs. The other teams all had at least 3 to 5 subs per team. Our girls kicked it up a notch and played incredibly hard.



Sunday's defeat was hard. They played well, but the other team was tough and had 12 players (6 subs). We were thankful, however, that one of our players showed up on Sunday so that we at least had one sub. (Not only did we have one sub, but we had a player who wasn't exhausted from playing so hard on Saturday - so it was great to see her!).



The majority of the girls cried. I'm sure that this was their first major defeat in their little lives. I didn't want to indulge AAA's cry too much because I want her to learn to accept defeat and not be a "sore loser." But when she wasn't looking, I fought back a few tears of my own. Not because they lost the game, but because they were so heartbroken (not to mention exhausted).



AAA ran off the field crying and ran straight in to her daddy's arms. I wondered at first if she was hurt, but I heard her sobbing, "I didn't play my best!" When M asked her why she didn't think she played her best, she replied, "Because I didn't get any goals." Of course he explained to her that getting goals or not getting goals doesn't equate with playing her best. We reassured her of how proud we were of her and L'il man even gave her a high-five and said, "That was even fun to watch!"



The good news is...they still received trophies and their picture was in the AU newspaper! That certainly softened the blow.

Headed to the beach for the next week and a half. More bragging to follow. :)