Eva had her first basketball game today. When the option to play came up this year she decided to step outside of her comfort zone and play on the team. There were not enough 6th grade girls who wanted to play so Eva is on the 5th grade team along with her best friend and one other sixth grader. Her first practice was yesterday and then a game the day after. So, having been her first game ever she did pretty well. She was good on defense and kept her opponent covered most of the time. On offense she still seemed to be playing defense but I think that with coaching she’ll start to get more confidence on offense as well.
The team did a good job and won the game. I was a bit confused by how the game ran with 3 four minute quarters in the first half and then 12 minutes for the second half. That was very strange to me but it worked. Eva got to play quite a bit and I think that the more she does the more she’ll enjoy it and get more confident. The team won too so that was nice to start the season with a win.
To celebrate Andrew’s eighth birthday we went out to Mackie’s for the birthday breakfast. My dad takes us out on our birthdays and I started doing that with my own kids. Although, he ended up taking us both out this morning.
Andrew was funny, he tried a whole bunch of different jellies on his toast and then on his shirt and pants. Can’t take the kid anywhere but he has fun. He also ordered Hot Chocolate and when it arrived it had about 6 inches of Whipped Cream on top. He loved digging his spoon into the whipped cream and eating it. Then waited until the Hot Chocolate was lukewarm. I said that it was basically chocolate milk and he got all upset. He doesn’t like chocolate milk. When he was born he had a milk allergy and never developed a taste for it. Not even for chocolate milk. I did not realize that this statement would upset him so. I had to reassure him that it was not, in fact, chocolate milk. However, if they made it with milk (which they most likely did not) it was chocolate milk after-all.
I dropped Andrew and Dad off and then went home for a Twitter Party. Once that was over I was finishing up a few things and Allison texted me to let me know that people who were supposed to come and help out in Andrew’s class had to cancel. I headed back tot he school and helped the kids make some Native American medallions in their centers. Andrew was surprised to see me there. The kids had a nice time making all sorts of things like totem poles, dream catchers, medallions and turkey hats for Thanksgiving.
