Seven Peas in a Pod: Tackle Basketball

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Tackle Basketball

Andrew 's first season of Basketball just ended. It was SO fun to go to his games and cheer him on.

Andrew is SO fast! He totally got that from me. Ok! Ok! From Gary. . . and me! Ok, just Gary:) Ok, 75% Gary, 25% me. (That equals 100, right?)

Andrew is a great team-player. He loves getting the ball and taking it to the other side of the court, but he sees when it's time to pass it and who to pass it to and so many times, that kid made a basket. Andrew started getting brave and shooting more towards the end, and he did make it once, but we mostly just wanted him to learn the game and have fun. He just saw what needed to happen for the good of the team, even if it meant letting somebody else have the ball. Such a great kid!

Not that he didn't fight for it. :) He had some great blocks and he stuck to "his guy" like glue. He was very serious about not letting the other team have the ball and he is pretty competitive and wasn't shy about hiding his disappointment if the other team scored, but I think it was a healthy amount.

The other teams were crazy! Ours would fight for the ball and get aggressive, but I would forget if I was watching basketball or football sometimes. Kids were being knocked over all over the place and seriously tackled. It was nuts! But we're all alive and it was a great experience.

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Our Little Sweet Peas

Every time Spencer goes to the bathroom, he has to say "good-bye" as he flushes. Every time he says, "Good-bye peep! Have a good day! See ya soon!"

Ben: Mom, do tornadoes ever get dizzy?

The boys were helping me bring in groceries one day and one of the plastic bags had a hole in it and then one of the handles broke off of it. I asked Andrew to throw it away and he looked at the bag and very seriously said, "This bag has been passed on for generations!"

I gave Ryan a big hug one day and he said, "Don't squeeze my tummy too tight. It gives me asthma."

Ben: "Mom, you're funny. You tricked me lots of times tomorrow."

One day Spencer was dipping a cookie in milk and he said, "The cookie is swimming in a milk. It needs swimming suit."

Spencer: "Cari! Cari! Cari!" (Pronounced Kiwi)
Cari: Yes?
Spencer: "Cari, are you Kiffy?"

Whenever I see Ben doing the potty dance like crazy all over the room and I tell him to go to the bathroom, he says, "I don't have to go, that's how I exercise."

Ben got in the bath and said, "It is seriously (surrussly) wet in here!"

Andrew: I just wrote an eight in cursive!!

Ben: We don't have any blood in us, just cereal.

Ryan was so excited to eat something he hadn't eaten in "1,000 years" and Andrew said, "1,000 years? You weren't even born 1,000 years ago and Mom was only, like, 2!"

Ben didn't want to get dressed again after going to the bathroom, so he headed for the door (naked) and announced, "I'm going to take a bath in the raindrops!"

Andrew: How do they make square paper out of circle trees?

Ryan calls the fly swatter That Bug Snapper. (I always called it the flice water.)

Ryan: "Mom, you are so good at making toast!"

The other day, Andrew and Ryan were playing a little too rough. Ryan got hit in the head with a light saber and started to cry. Andrew comforted Ryan by reassuring him that he was only "crying for joy."

According to Ryan, Chewbacca on Star Wars is, "The Fluffy Guy."

Every morning after I take a shower, Ben asks me to draw pumpkins of various sizes on the mirror. Why pumpkins? I have no idea.

In his prayers the other night Ryan said, "And help me not to learn about Satan, 'cause I just don't like him."

Andrew and I were watching a show about volcanoes. He said, "Ya know what lava is?" I said,"What?" (because it sounded like he already had an answer) He said, "It's a giant's big ol' cup o' juice."

Ryan: "Mom, if we have another baby, can we name him or her Freckles?"
Mom: "Why that name?"
Ryan: "Because I just think it's a nice name."