Sandoogans' Log

With Dodger season (finally) approaching and Sami constantly asking, "When are we going to another Dodger game?" Proud mama, I am. I thought it would be nice to talk about one of the games we went to last season. Mr. Andrade was picked as one of the few dads for "Father of the Game." I'm not sure how many entires there was, but the lady told us there was quite a few. I felt it was quite appropriate because he is an amazing father. He does so much for Sami (and me) a lot of things that I'd rather not do. He takes the time to play with her, takes her to fútbol practice, and has recently started doing story time with her. I seriously don't do most of these things. It's no wonder half the time she'd rather roll deep with her dad than with me. She says that's her "buddy." I don't know how he finds the patience and time, but somehow he does. I'm very fortunate and grateful to have him in my life and as far as I...

Sami had her first futbol practice this past Saturday. It was very exciting see my little girl start her training. It's fair to say she grew up watching me play futbol. We started taking her to my games when she was only 4 months old. I'm not sure if any of that stuck because she seems to have a good little kick on her. She understands that she's not suppose to touch the ball with her hands and when we roll it to her she kicks and aims pretty well. Had I known that I could put her in soccer at an earlier age I would have. She's still at a good age so I suppose it's ok. I'm hoping she'll love the sport as much as I do. All my family has played soccer so it's pretty much in her blood. Maybe she'll be the next Hope Solo. Guess we'll have to wait and see.