{ soccer stars? }

As if riding two wheeler bikes AND heading off to preschool weren't enough milestones falling within two days, Oliver and Stella also kicked off (ha, ha) their soccer careers by joining MacRae Park soccer team!

It was on Tuesday night but after their first day of preschool and naps, they were ready to go. But judging by the pictures we took before heading there, they might have thought they were going to be cheerleaders not soccer players!

Now "three year old soccer" is a title that should be taken quite loosely. It actually should just be called "three year old chaos".

Our biggest mistake? Getting there 5 minutes early. All of the focus on actually kicking the ball and "playing" soccer was used up by all members of team "periwinkle".

As you can see, Stella really got into it.

We even had her doing headers.

Oliver too.

But it was mostly downhill from there when it came to going through actual stations and listening to the coaches. Who, by the way, are us (parent led so technically all parents of team members). Don't they all look really interested in what Victor is trying to say?

One station was solely focused on dribbling (a term that none of them will understand) the ball to the net and kicking it in. We found out the one thing that both Oliver and Stella shine at when on the soccer field - the celebration! So it turns out their cheerleader moves at home before leaving weren't too far off......

Here is a peek at Oliver's celebration style.

And Stella's.

Stella was really excited about playing soccer and scoring for the sole fact that it meant she could dance after.

They reached their max at about the 35 minute park and with ten minutes left of practice, all but one of the members of the team headed to the playground at the park.

We are hoping for some improvement next week!