We were up and out the door at 5:50am for our favorite weekend of the soccer season...the Beach Soccer Tournament at Oceanside Harbor.
We set up camp early and the kids ventured down to the water right away. Within minutes, Taylor came up to camp with this giant crab!
In honor of Cinco De Mayo, Charlie (Felipe) arrived in this lovely sombrero and fancy mustache and I was presented with this fantastic sombrero of my own!
The big girls were up first for the 8:00am game on Field #5 against Kodiak.
With only 5 on the field at a time, it means lots of quick subbing. The girls played beautifully and won pretty easily 15-5!
The younger girls followed at 8:50am with their first game against Oceanside. This game was much closer than the earlier one and the girls battled very well. However, they had too many shots on goal that went right to the keeper and we lost 4-0. Allison and Faith shared time in the goal and it was a good first showing for this group.
We had two hours until the next games so the girls spent lots of time playing by the water...
doing Conga lines...
wearing little sombreros...
soaking in the sun and picnicing...
holding cute babies...
and doing dance parties by the tournament speakers.
Matt spent some quality time napping in the shade as he does during most tournament breaks!
The afternoon games were both at 12:20pm so Charlie took the youngers and I took the olders and they both had great results. The U11 girls won 9-4 over Arsenal and the U13 girls won 15-3 against Oceanside. They both have great chances to make the finals tomorrow, but we will be up early again for 3 morning games to determine who advances...
