Honor Roll and Basketball

Yesterday was report card day, and Matthew made the Honor Roll (YAY!) while Nathan was given the Patriot Award for his outstanding behavior and citizenship. So, to celebrate, I went to Ingles and bought the fixings for ice cream sundaes.

Then, today was the start of basketball! Both Matthew and Nathan are playing Impact basketball through one of the churches here. They're in an instructional league that focuses on teaching skills. Today, they divided the kids up into groups of 8 or so, and each group played a 4 on 4 game. I don't think they even kept score.

Matthew and Nathan were in two different groups, so I had to keep going back and forth between their baskets.

They play with eight foot rims, but I think poor Nathan needed rims that were about half that height. He had a hard time getting the ball up high enough. He also did NOT like it when the buzzer went off for the end of the quarter. (They played four ten minute games.)

Matthew was having trouble at first, because he didn't think anyone was going to pass him the ball. Of course, when he did finally get it, he took off away from the basket. I think he wanted to make sure no one could steal it from him! After a little bit, he did start to get the idea and was passing it to his teammates.

All in all, they had a good time. The group really focuses on teamwork and positive character traits. They even have a program called "Fan Mail". When you sign in before the game, you fill out a card for your child. Then, the cards are passed out, and you are looking for the positive things the person on your card is doing. (Thankfully, the cards have their jersey number on them!) At the end of the morning, they bring all the kids together in the center circle, and read and pass out the cards. That way, each child hears something positive that they did while playing. It's a really good program. This will run through February, then it's baseball time!