The Shoe with Eleanor and Jane

Chris took Ben and Rosie to the Shoe last month, and Jane has been dying to go. The other evening he took the two of them:

They had a great time.

Reading the green:

Love that they enjoy trying new things!

Ben's spring soccer season

Ben played soccer this spring with the Sharks. He had such a great time! He hasn't played soccer in quite awhile due to flag football and lacrosse, but he has come a long way.

He also really liked his coach, Coach Boyko.

Some moments:

Eleanor Band and Choir Concerts

End of the school year always means end of year concerts. Eleanor this year had two band concerts and a choir concert. First band...the first was at JHS for Music in the Parks.

The second was at her middle school with the 7th and 8th grade combined band:

The concerts:

Secondly, she had a choir concert! She ended up having a solo in "For Good" from Wicked.

The choir concert:

Lacrosse

Another season of lacrosse in the books! This year it was just the girls. They all love the sport and Ben was a little less excited about it last year. 

Rosie grew dramatically as a player this year. I think she scored either 0 or 1 goal last year. This year she ended with 48. She was a dominant player on her team despite being a 2nd grader on a 2nd/3rd grade team. We're looking forward to seeing what she does next year! She played almost exclusively middie and seemed to enjoy it.

Finding some shade with her friend Violet (played her first season) and Ella (long time teammate).

With Ada - the other high scorer this year (also a 2nd grader).

In the last game of the season, she had to rock paper scissors Ada for who had to be in goal (the only two on their team who hadn't done it yet). While they scored on her quite a bit, she did have two saves!

Rosie's team:

Then with the whole group - there were 3 9U teams this year!

Fierce Rosie:

Jane's fourth season on the Warriors was challenging as she had a good thing going last year with several of her teammates that moved up onto the middle school team this year. The girls played full field (12 players) with a roster of only 13 girls. This meant there were entire games with no subs. They played hard though and won about half their games. Jane also plays almost exclusively middie, only sliding into attack or defense when she needed a break and they had no subs. I think she ended the season with around 30 goals - definitely a leading scorer on her team.

Jane with Leighton who is on her team every other year.

Stick checks:

Trying to find some shade on a sunny day:

She continues to take almost every draw:

With her tiny but mighty team!

Love this girl's work ethic:

Eleanor came out of nowhere this year with an incredible knack for defense. Last year, moving up to the middle school team was tough as they moved to a bigger field, had a large team with not a lot of playing time, and she was just smaller than most girls. This year she proved to be a great asset to her team, preventing goals, causing turnovers, and moving the ball back up the field.

Huddling from the wind with her team and the twins:

Hannah came to see a game!

Crushing it on the middle school fields:

We had many drives back from the beach that looked like this: