Spring soccer

This weekend marked the first games of the spring soccer season, and Maria's first games ever. It should be an interesting season. Ben is playing on a regulation-sized soccer field for the first time. He is one of the youngest on his team, which includes 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Chris has moved up to the next age level, and has to deal with offsides calls for the first time. I think I finally understand soccer offsides (it's so much simpler in hockey). Maria is playing at the instructional level, and is most interested in finding four leaf clovers on the field and the post game snack (which is pretty typical at that age). All three had fun at their first games.