Her rookie season is behind her!

Miss O had a great time learning basketball! While her team struggled (alot) and had alot of challenges - they had fun and played hard! her coach was nice enough to give all the girls trophies!

She was sooooo excited to get her very first basketball trophy!!!

And they WIN!!!!!!!!

Well, it's official! Little J's team, the Blue Devils won't be completely defeated this season!!! They won their FIRST (and probably only) game this season!! It was an awesome game to watch! Little J scored 8 points and had a great game!!!

He's got the knack for it!

This season in Basketball, Little J has really come out of his shell! While his team has yet to win a game (yep- I had to mention it!) they have tried really hard! Of course I am a biased Mom, but Little J has ALOT more hustle than 90% of the kids on his team. Not saying that to be mean, just factual... a few kids on his team can hardly run for more than 10 seconds without having to stop... pretty sad! Must be the fact that we constantly have him outside and not in front of a computer or the tv...

He has really come to love Basketball! Which is great, because it is a sport that "just" he is into (meaning no brother involved - lol!) and he loves that fact! Hopefully, next weekend they will have a winning game... keeping my fingers crossed!!

She is getting better!

Well... she is not quite the "natural" athlete, yet!!! Miss O has been having fun playing basketball! She is finally getting some of the basic concepts down... oh yes, we still run down the court (the whole way) galloping with our arms up... but she is finally getting the "basics!".

They sure are cute to watch at this age!!

Not one of the better basketball weekends

Miss O had the first game of the day. Needless to say... she IS starting to get a little bit better... ok.. just a little! The picture above, if you look closely, she has the green armband on her arm. And, if you will notice that the ball is behind her... at the other end of the court!! But, she is trying to block the other girl... tooo funny! She did make her first basket today - boy was she proud!!!



Today, Little J's team had an absolutely HORRIBLE game! At halftime, the score was 24 to 2... and the coaches agreed to just turn the scoreboard off so that self esteem was not totally ruined for the day. I lost track at the score about 52 to 6... it was not pretty!! Hopefully, next Saturday will be better!

First time ever being on a team!

Miss O started Basketball this year as well. This is her first time in a team sports type function. Her team, the Golden Bears (in navy) had a fun first game. I think the ending score was like 16 to 2... fortunately, the Golden Bears got their only basket in the last minute! The girls all had fun, most of them have never played before - so it was VERY entertaining!! The coach told Miss O to keep her arms up to block the ball... so she literally kept them up THE WHOLE TIME - even while running!! It was super cute! She is lucky because she also has a little friend named Josie, who was one of her best buddies in preschool, on the team. It was a good first time out - hopefully next weekend the girls will be a little more practiced :)

Little J's First B-ball game

Today was Little J's first basketball game of the season...His team, the Blue Devils, lost today by one point - 20 to 19, even though they led most the game. The boys all seemed to have a great time, especially since most of them know each other from school and other activities. Little J scored his teams' first basket of the season and ended the game with 6 points! He had a great time, which is the most important part!

Little J's Basketball Diaries

This was the first year that Little J played Basketball! He absolutley loved it! He loved it so much that he played with a broken finger for half the season! He did awesome and is probably a real natural at it (except in the height department!).

Little J had a really bittersweet season though.... he really wanted to be able to talk to his Grandpa about basketball, and to have his Grandpa see him play. His Grandpa nicknamed him "Dr. J"... and up until this basketball season, Little J did not really know who that was! Now he does!

Little J's first B-ball game

Saturday was Little J's first ever Basketball game! His team in the Rockets (in blue). Apparently, I must need a new camera - my pictures are a blurry mess!

Little J did great in his game! He had fun and really enjoyed himself! He was a little disappointed that he did not get to pick his jersey number though... he wanted to be #22, just like his Grandpa!