We also had a little fun during the week, too. Of course, Adam worked very hard all day and most evenings. Tuesday night was fun...we went to the Starkville Sports Complex (lots of fields!) to watch our upstairs neighbors play soccer. M is five and T is seven. Let me start off by saying that when I asked their mom (who is actually one of my closest friends here in Starkville) about what field they would be playing on she said to look for the coach yelling at the kids, (her husband is the coach). So, with that detailed piece of advice, I was under the impression that there were only a few fields. Well, when Adam and I parked in the endless parkinglot full of SUVs and minivans, we were a little taken aback to find there were at the very least over 20 fields of kids running around and, of course, all coaches and parents yelling.
Fortnately, we found both fields (both games were going on at the same time) within ten minutes of arriving at the soccer mecca. T (the seven year old) is a great athlete and his team worked well together passing the soccer ball to one another and scoring many times. M's game was so fun to watch. There were two teams, each with four boys ages five and under, and a coach on the minature soccer field. The little guys were too cute, with their soccer shorts meeting their shin guards, leaving no visibility of the knees. The gaggle of kids running after the ball was often interupted by exciting distractions, like leaves, someone's shoe falling off requiring the coach to quickly come to the rescue and put it back on, someone finding how fun it was to pull their shirt up over their head and run around not being able to see, the necessity to run over to the families and friends standing on the sidelines to give hugs and high-fives (M came over to us a few times, and it was the cutest thing), etc. The best was when someone would shoot at the goal and the ball would roll down this little hill, then ALL the boys would want to go after the ball, not running to the ball but rolling down the hill to get the ball, then tackle each other and hunt for leaves all before returning to the soccer pitch. It was awesome. We had the best time laughing with the kids and families on the sidelines.
Wednesday was Swing Dancing! Adam and I had a great time. We were sweating after dancing all night.
Thursday I was able to play sand volleyball (doubles) with a few buddies of mine and that was a great time, even with the massive amount of bugs!! Friday night we went to MSU Women's Volleyball, and that was great, too. State did not beat South Carolina, but just being there watching volleyball is always a good time.
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