A Little Activity is Good For the Heart

In the spring our weekends are filled with rain, wind and open fields.  It's soccer season for D & E.  However, this year E isn't playing on the field.  We bring Zoe along, so there is playing just not in an official capacity.

D's team is a force to be reckoned with.  Typically D likes to play goalie.  That makes it a nail-biting experience for us.  It does make her easier to spot.  What I find most amazing about the goalie is they scoop up the ball, head close to the ground and aren't even a little afraid of being kicked in the face.

Like I said, D's a soccer pro.  She hussles, scoops, kicks and wears the uniform well.

E on the other hand likes to provoke her daddy.  She'll hip check him when he's not looking, jump up to grab his hat off his head or try to tackle him. 

It's not uncommon for me to look over and see this:

Personally I think E's just figured out a way to be thrown around and it seems to be working for her.

When you don't find E like this, you find her like this:

Zoe is always trying to convince her that there is some great adventure to be had just over there.  That usually involves running, kicking an extra soccer ball and generally hanging out with her favorite people in the world:  her sisters.

All this activity makes my heart start pumping.  Not from over activity, but because it gets a little bigger each time I see our girls together.