"Ocho Cinco" returns to Cincinnati

Well, this weekend brought the return of Abby Thompson to organized sports. For those of you that have been around awhile you may remember when a younger Abby walked off the field at 3 years old in the middle of a game saying that she was too tired to play. Then there was the following year when we gave her another chance and she decided to stay in one place. If the ball came to her, fine, she'd kick it. She wasn't going out of her way or anything. One the last game of the season the coach from the OTHER team picked her up and ran with her to the goal to let her score a goal. We even tried softball last year, but the long innings in the outfield were too much for our attention challenged girl.

This weekend, in this heat, Abby had to play 2 games and I am proud to say she did a great job! Even though they were not able to practice and Abby had NO CLUE what to do, she really went out and tried her best. Now, if you are looking for Abby in the line up, she is the one that is at least a head shorter than anyone else. She was an absolute WRECK the entire day. Her coach, who luckily enough is my good friend Rachel, says she knew Abby was nervous because she hadn't spoke in 2 days. Although her team suffered a loss yesterday, they won today. Hopefully the weather will cool down and they can practice a little and Abby can get rid of the nerves!