The Black Widows had their second game on Saturday and won 11-2. Ella subbed as goalie at the end of the first half and then played goalie the entire second half. She is a natural defender of the goal. She gets right in there and grabs it and her throws were quick and well thought out. After the game she told me that she didn’t want to play goalie next week because she played it twice already. I was trying to explain to Ella that she was a great goalie and that teams needed that. Without someone protecting the goal, the Black Widows wouldn’t win! I don’t know if I was able to convince her to stick with it. I think that goalie is a great position for Ella. Here are some pics from the game.
This was all so much fun to watch. The team is becoming a pretty good team!
On another note, Sunny and I received this great e-mail from Ella’s teacher Colette:
Hi Sunny and Lauren,I just wanted to send a picture of Ella’s octopus oil pastel drawing today. It blew me away, how focused she was and her attention to detail. The rock cave, the shafts of light, beautiful! She’s quite an artist.
I hope you are having a good week so far!
Take care,
Colette
Here is the picture that she was talking about…
Gorgeous drawing! And yes, Ella is quite an artist. I understand Ella’s desire to stop playing goalie. She wants to score points! But what a great goalie she must be with a score of 11-2. Love you. Mom