Every week I bring Ingrid to the soccer practice and to the games and stand along the field with all the dads (!?). The season is almost over but today (finally) they won their first game! Way to go girls!!! Next week is the last practice and then the mothers will play against the girls (if we can get a team together). I can’t find my soccer sneakers but even if I did they would probably be too hard and old to use by now. I do admire you girls (almost reaching 40) who are still playing soccer in Nijmegen (the Netherlands). Why is it that we suddenly get too old to do team sports?
For Ingrid the soccer has a really important social function as she gets to know people outside her school environment. They are only 9 kids in her class and with only four girls in the group she feels a need to extend her social network. She still misses her girlfriends in Nijmegen but the sports activities outside school help her to feel more at home here. I understand how she feels. It takes time to make new friends and you have to have some luck as well.
This weekend we enjoyed great autumn weather with a blue sky and walks in the forest. We baked a ladybird cake with Elsa for her birthday and had a pre party with a small group of friends. Time is passing by a bit too fast at the moment and I feel a need to stop it somehow. Maybe the planned weekend trips to the Netherlands and to Stockholm (celebrating 20 years of friendship with Jenny and Helena!!!) this fall will help getting the energy level up again!
Sleep tight!
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