GOAL!!!!

It's finally happened, something clicked! Thatcher scored a goal :D  Honestly, he looked even more space cadetish and zoned out than he usually is making this event quite unexpected. At one point during the game he had a break away and was racing towards the goal, dribbling the ball like a pro, but tripped at mid-field because he is his Mother's son and those gangly legs just got in the way. I had stepped away onto another field with the Coopster, who needed a little private time to drop a #2, when Thatch scored (I just asked Jonathan if there's a catch phrase or some sort of funny euphemism if someone scores and he said "In soccer we just refer to it as scoring." What a turd, so much for his ESPN announcing career.) Anyhoo, Thatch started yelling "I scored!! I got a goal!!" I could see that he scored but I couldn't see how or what occurred. Apparently Jonathan was watching and said this is what happened: He kicked the ball in and was a bit sheepish about it at first and then started talking about it, going play by play, with all his teammates. Around this time I made it back to the sidelines, he then ran by, winked at us and gave a thumbs up. I imagine that will be our thing when he's running by after he scores the winning goal in the 2026 World Cup. Hmmm, I may be getting ahead of myself, it was a goal in a 5 year old soccer game after all. So the whistle blew shortly after and it was snack time, the reason the kids show up for soccer anyways. It was my week so I brought capri suns and the expensive fruit rolls from the produce department, because I'm crazy like that. Thatch recapped the goal and gave us a play by play. He's pretty much told everybody about this goal, including the coffee stand girl. It's epic.

Sadly, there is no photographic evidence, but alas there is hope! I found a camera online that I had owned previously which was good enough for government work and the good news is that it was $100 off!! So Jonathan said "buy it" and I clicked that button faster than you could say "cheese!" I'll pick it up in Reno next Tuesday because I doubt they'd have it here in time for our departure in 5 days (woohoo!!!!!!!!). Awesome photos will soon follow :)

Hope you enjoyed.
Love,
S