...Continued from yesterday:
Fall Saturday mornings in America mean soccer, from sea to shining sea.
And now that our grand daughters, at ages six and four, have reached the age of participation Tom and I had a reprise of our roles as soccer parents - or rather, soccer grandparents - and super-fans of our grand daughters' soccer teams,
Fall Saturday mornings in America mean soccer, from sea to shining sea.
And now that our grand daughters, at ages six and four, have reached the age of participation Tom and I had a reprise of our roles as soccer parents - or rather, soccer grandparents - and super-fans of our grand daughters' soccer teams,
| ...the fleet-footed four-year-old Strawberries, |  |
| ...here participating in the post-game parental good-sportsmanship arch (or whatever that arch-thing is called), |  |
 | ...and a round of end-of-season cupcakes; |
...and the intrepid six-year-old Hot Pink Glitter Dogs,
 | ...whose enthusiasm was in no way dampened by the fact that their uniforms ended up being not the hot pink that they'd wanted but hot yellow, |
 | ...or that the four-year-old Strawberry sister of one of the Glitter Dogs was recruited to play goalie for the opposing team since they showed up for the game a player short. |
| The little Strawberry actually did pretty well as substitute goalie. |  |
 | When you're a Hot Pink Glitter Dog and you know it, it doesn't matter what you wear. |
To be continued...
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