Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Meet Dottie

We have a new member in our family. Her name is Dottie. She is not a dog or cat (eww). Or even a fish or bird. She is a soccer ball. JD had a gift card to the soccer store and instead of another new shirt or shorts for him, we decided to get some gear for our sweet girl!


Since JD has done some reading up on coaching the last couple of years, he is the experienced one in the house. I asked what we needed to be doing to get her interested in playing. He had read that with the little ones they need to name their ball and make it their friend. The key is fun and it's working already!

She knows the two ways to kick the ball and has pretty good aim! We are super excited that she will be playing this spring! And JD will be coaching again. It will be interesting to hear how this experience is different from the JV guys!

Dottie has definitely become LilE's friend. She pulls her out of the box and treats her like one of her stuffed animals. My favorite soccer moment thus far was when I heard her say, "Dottie, I love you!" while holding and hugging her. Sweet!

6 comments:

The Rollins Family said...

So stinkin' cute! Dottie...I love it!

Caroline said...

That will be so special to have Daddy coaching her! LilE is so lucky!!! I remember my dad coached softball for me for years and I am so glad he did! It was "our thing" that we did growing up:)

Kama said...

That is so cute. I never played soccer even though everyone else in my family did. I hope she loves it!

beth said...

love it! John is the perfect coach

Mimi said...

I loved Tom Hanks' "Wilson" in Castaways.....Dottie will also be special!!

Nonnie said...

Sounds like John will never be finished with soccer. It played such an important part in his life, especially at a young age. Hope Emma loves playing. I loved spending hours on the benches whatching soccer.