A New Season of Soccer and Outdoor Activities

We've been blessed to be able to be a part of the Cape Coral Soccer Association's Fall Soccer program for the last five years. The first year we started with just Joel and Caleb playing. This year will find five of our children playing. The league changed the age limitation from 14 to 15, so Caleb gets to play one more year. He's playing in the U(Under)16 group, which will be Co-ed this year. That means he's got boys and girls on his team. Zachary is in U14, and is a year taller and stronger. David will have his coaches from two years ago as coaches again. He's actually 12, but fit under the U12 boys category because his birthday wasn't before September 1st. Christiana is playing for her fourth year, and is looking forward to playing on a good team in the U12 girls group. Our new entry into soccer is Charity. She is in the U10 group. This will be her initiation into competitive athletics, so we're interested to see how she does.

Soccer season will last just about two months. During that time, Beth and I, with the help of Katie, will be transporting children at all different times for about five days out of the week. I believe Beth has written down all of the schedules in her calendar, and now the juggling begins. Just this week, practices for all of the teams started. According to the schedule, we have Sundays and Fridays off, so for the rest of the days of the week we will be hard to find, unless you look for us on the soccer fields.

As a home school family, this is the best time of the year for Physical Education. P.E. goes into full throttle when soccer begins. This season, tied with the changing of the seasons, makes for lots of outdoor time for our family. Not only do the soccer players practice, but the younger ones are outdoors more too. They especially love the swingset when the outside temperatures cool.

Soccer season is a great time for all of us. We all enjoy watching the children play, meeting new friends, and getting reacquainted with old ones, and also, watching the weather turn from summer to fall so we can enjoy the outdoors more fully.