Soccer Mom!

Ben and Anna are playing soccer again this fall and the schedule isn't quite as nice as the spring season.  Both have games on Saturday mornings, but Anna plays at 9am and Ben plays at 11am.  That means we have an hour to kill between games, but only really a 1/2 hour because Ben has to meet his team at 10:30.  Sitting around and chatting as a family isn't so bad.

But then there is practice. 

On Wednesdays, Ben has practice from 4:30-5:30.  I drop him off, then go home to feed Matt, Anna, and myself and get them ready, Matt for church and Anna for her practice.  The daughter has to pack a bag with her church stuff inside.  We take dinner to Ben at 5:30 and he eats while we wait for Anna's coach to arrive.  She has practice from 6pm-7pm.  Once Coach Scott shows up, I take Ben home for a shower and he changes for church.  I take the boys and our neighbors and drop them off at church, then turn around to pick up Anna from practice.  She changes in the back of the van (because she thinks the bathroom is too nasty) and we get to church about ten minutes late.  Since her group is in gametime first, she's not really missing anything and she doesn't play anyway.  An hour of soccer practice is enough for her!

We have three weeks left of the soccer season and this mama will be happy to hang up the cleats!