Mia Hamm, eat your heart out

Today, Mallory played her very first soccer game. And yes, she wound up on the navy blue team. But I think she's over it now.

To say that she was excited would be a huge understatement. Liam's soccer season began a few weeks ago, which means that Mallory is in her third season of tagging along to the field to watch her brother play. She was more than ready to play herself.

She even volunteered to play goalie first shift, something you never would catch me dead doing - way too much pressure! But she was totally gung ho for it. I think her opinion changed by the time the ten minute shift ended though... the ball stayed down at the opposite goal the entire time she was in net, and she looked pretty bored by the end of it.

All the more reason to get into the thick of the action during her second shift, when she played defense.

Playing defense did not keep her confined down close to her net though... she managed to make it up the field and score a goal! During her first on-field shift in her first game. It was pretty exciting for all of us.

It started to rain partway through her game, and she was a trooper. Usually she's the type to think she's going to melt if she gets wet. Today, she kept on playing.

And it wasn't just scoring her own goal that she was excited about. She was equally as happy when her teammates scored.

I think she's going to have fun this summer.