Life With Ella

Ella played in her very first soccer game today.  It was a really hot day today and after about the first 15 minutes of game play, most of the team turned into wet noodles.  Ella did a really great job. The team that the girls played were really prepared to play soccer – our girls were not really prepared to play a real game.  The whole thing was a great learning experience for everyone.  I had Ella go in at the end to substitute for a kid who looked like she was going to fall over and Ella got really mad at me.  Every time I cheered her on or told her to go after the ball, she put her fingers in her ears.  She said that she didn’t like soccer because the other team kept scoring goals and her team hardly got any.  Ella scored 2 goals – one for her team and one for the other team.  Hopefully she’ll give it another try.  After the soccer game, we came home and relaxed for about 2 hours, then we headed off to Half Moon Bay where one of Ella’s friends from school had a swimming birthday party.  Ella had a blast at the party…it was a pool party and she went down this really big slide.  At first she wanted me to catch her at the bottom but by the end she said, “I can do it on my own” and she did!  Ella fell asleep in the car on the way home but we had one last stop to make.  We stopped over to see Stella and Juliet at Justin and Julie’s new place.  Things were great until there was a “sharing” issue and Ella couldn’t handle not being shared with.  She said that she just wanted to go home which is rare for Ella.  I think she’s just processing the whole thing about the girls not going to be next door.  We’re just going to ride the wave with her. On the way to the soccer field. Looks like Ella is going to kick the other team’s ass… C’mon girls – let’s get em. It’s hot out here! Action shots. Forming a Black Widow wall. Coach Mommy! Ella doing her “throw in”. Taking a little break. I think she was pretty much done at this point. Still hanging in there. Still working hard! Mid to post meltdown.  Ella was telling mommy that she was mad at me.

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