Early retirement for soccer?

Last night as I was putting the kids to bed, Mikaela started crying and saying she doesn't want to play soccer anymore! Huh? She's AWESOME - she just HAS to play. lol I asked her why and she says she doesn't know, she might want to do art, drawing. I told her she has to at least go to the 1st practice. My (and Kevin's) sneaking suspicion is that she doesn't want to be on a team by herself. Devin and her have played the last 3 seasons together on a Pee-Wee league but now that they are about to turn 8 - the teams are separated by gender.

They do do everything together from the moment they wake up to the moment they go to sleep so I can see how the adjustment to a separate team would be a big step for her but it is something she is going to have to adjust to soon. Devin is fine with it. He has become the more independent twin. He tried karate on his own, he is still in BoyScouts and he asked if he could still play soccer if Mikaela didn't.

Sign-ups are in February so I'll update on this subject then!