Mia finally starts "playing" soccer...

So, we are a little more than half way through Mia's second season of Malden Youth Soccer and today - Sunday, February 24 2008 - she finally actually played soccer.  She was chasing after the ball, kicking the ball, running and paying attention to the game.  It was awesome to watch!  She even assisted a goal and made several attempts at goals herself.  Hopefully this is but the beginning for her.  She had a lot of fun too.  She is so weird sometimes though.  Throughout the game she kept intentionally running into the wall of the gym and falling over dramatically.  And sometimes she would just fall down and slide on her knees on purpose, but she always had this look on her face like she was surprised and it was an accident, even though it clearly was not!  I don't know if it's an attempt to get Giovanni's attention or what, but she sure is funny.  All in all it was a great game.  Her coach and a few of the parents commented on how well she did and Shelby finally felt proud from the bleachers.  We were pretty excited.  Of course of all days to not bring my camera I chose this morning when I could have gotten some great video.  Oh well, maybe next week will be as cool.  I will post some pics after next weeks game.