Hat trick

After much rain this week and the majority of soccer fields closed we were suprised to find that Ethan's & Donald's soccer games were still on.  Even though it was a beautiful sunny day Sam's game was cancelled due to the field being too waterlogged.  So we got a little sleep in this morning before heading to Ethan's game.

Ethan was on fire today.  I should probably let Donald tell his proud tale as he was clucking like I've never seen him cluck before. I managed to capture Ethan's first goal today on film.  He made a magnificent run up the field, to finally boot it into the goal with an enormous effort that he almost seemed to fly as you'll see in the third photo.

He went on to score two more goals giving him his hat trick at last.  A couple of weeks ago he was robbed of his third goal by his team mate who stole the ball off him just as he was about to kick it into the goal.  All was forgiven, just a little excitement on his team mates part.

Ethan continued to burn up and down the field with his defence and stopped many opposition goals too.  He certainly deserved the Man of the Match trophy today.

After his game was over, Donald & I were chatting with other parents and we found out that one of the other Under 6 teams that Donald helps train had only 2 players turn up.  Fortunately Ethan and one of his team mates were around and they got to play another game, helping the team to win.  What a day!  On our way home  at 1.12pm Donald gets a phone call..........oops we're late for his game which started at 1.15pm not 3.15 as we'd thought.  Anyway we made it to the end of the first half.

I didn't get to watch much as I was busy ferrying children to and from the toilet.  Donald's team drew nil all.