Marley's First Soccer Game

Marley had her first soccer game on Saturday. (I'm having trouble uploading the videos, sorry.) She did really well. All the kids did.

I had no idea how clueless these little kids are. After the game, I asked Marley if she likes her coach. She said yes, "and, what about my yellow coach? She's nice too."

Her yellow coach?

Oh, you mean the referee. She's never played in any kind of official game before, so of course she had no idea who the lady with the whistle was. 'Just one more adult, this one in a yellow shirt, telling me what to do.'

Can you imagine being so young and inexperienced, and thrown into a game with all these strange people watching, and other strange people yelling, "Run, Marley run! Kick the ball!" Jesus, I would have run away crying. But she did really well.