madelyn and daddy's first game

so i talked matt in to coaching madelyn's soccer team this spring.  first (and the winning point), we don't have to pay if one of us is the head coach.  second, the only difference is that he stands on the field during games instead of in a chair on the side.  the kindergarten league is pretty low pressure.

today was their first practice.  matt wasn't quite as prepared as he should have been.  i think he understood that there would be more group instruction than there was and he didn't really have a game plan for keeping the kids going.  there was a lot of coaching from the sidelines.  i was proud of myself for holding my tongue from coaching the coach!

the kids all had a good time and he did make sure they all knew each other's name (which we have found to be important after the first few seasons where they didn't).  madelyn was in super hyper/excited mode because in addition to "daddy" being her coach, one of her friends from school is on her team too!

looks like we could be in for an exciting season!  love.

daddy warming up with our three bigs.