Basketball!

You had your first basketball game yesterday!!! Daddy is your coach and holy moly...Mama could not love the two of you guys anymore than I do. I love watching the two of you interact with one another. You are playing basketball with your two buddies - Elias and Liam. These are the two boys that you met in preschool last year and have remained best friends with. You three played baseball together last summer and have started to play basketball together this year. We bought you the cutest basketball shoes EVER! Little grey Jordan's...of course you had to show us how fast you could run and how high you could jump.

Your team name is the Lions!

Your first game was the cutest thing EVER. It is 4 and 5 year olds...so of course it is more about enjoying the game than competitively playing. Daddy had instructed each of the team to "Guard your person" (the person on the other team) and you took that very seriously. You would not take your eyes off of your "person" and would not let them get past you. Tee and the girls came to cheer you on. At one point, you left the court to come give all of your "fans" a big high five... in the middle of the game! HA! We laughed and laughed. Daddy just hollered for you to get back in the game. ;) Another point in the game, you left the court to come give Mama a big hug. In one of the huddles, you made Daddy stop talking to give you a big kiss. You are such a sweet little guy.

Although you did not score any baskets in your first game, you were awesome on the defense and even had the opportunity to take the ball to the basket a few times! You did fantastic dribbling and seem to really understand some of the fundamentals of the game.

Immediately after, Kassidy had her first basketball game. We were so proud of her too! We couldnt' stay for the whole game but we got to see four of the six periods of her game. We had to leave to get you to your friend Beck's birthday party. It was at PetLand... you really enjoyed playing with the puppies. I know in my heart that we are going to have to get you a puppy sometime soon...all little boys deserve a dog. Even if Mama doesn't want another one after Rocky, my little Lathan deserves one!