Thursday, October 25, 2007
Sports Update
Anna's officially retired from basketball. Nora and I disagree who's idea it was to enroll her, but it certainly wasn't Anna's. During her first practice, while she participate without complaint, she kept asking when it would be time to go home. The evening before her second practice she uncategorically declared that she did not want to go to practice, that it was boring and that she did not like it. Nora and I diplomatically (in our opinions) told her we wanted her to try it a couple more times before she quit. On arriving at her second practice Anna simply refused to walk out on the court and join the team. I'm not quite sure how Nora and I could have forgotten how strong willed our girl is. Anyway, she's done.
On the other hand, Anna has enjoyed her first soccer season. Last Sunday was the last "official" practice (we have a rain out makeup session for this coming weekend). After the practice, the team members all received a medal and a juice box. Anna was extremely excited. During the actual practice, she had to be coaxed into participating. But she had some nice runs and almost scored a goal. I think next year, when she's a little older, she'll be one of the stronger players.
Pierce has continued to enjoy both basketball and soccer. Pierce claims he enjoys basketball much more than soccer, and I suspect this may his last season of soccer for awhile. He's had a great coach and a nice group of kids to play with. He's the youngest on the team. While it doesn't show in his size, his attention span and motivation can't match the other boys. Still, he's had fun -he likes the drills at practice more than the games themselves. Last week he played goalie for the first half and was extremely excited. Its his favorite position.
Pierce has two games left (one's a rain out makeup) and we had our last practice last night. With the exception of cub scouts, we should see things slow way down as soon as he's finished. I think we're already for a break from all the activity. Anna's expressed an interest in doing gymnastics again (I think Pierce said he'd like to do it again too). And Pierce has the opportunity to join a year-round swim team through school, which I think he'd really enjoy. So we'll see what develops...
-Eric (Dad)
On the other hand, Anna has enjoyed her first soccer season. Last Sunday was the last "official" practice (we have a rain out makeup session for this coming weekend). After the practice, the team members all received a medal and a juice box. Anna was extremely excited. During the actual practice, she had to be coaxed into participating. But she had some nice runs and almost scored a goal. I think next year, when she's a little older, she'll be one of the stronger players.
Pierce has continued to enjoy both basketball and soccer. Pierce claims he enjoys basketball much more than soccer, and I suspect this may his last season of soccer for awhile. He's had a great coach and a nice group of kids to play with. He's the youngest on the team. While it doesn't show in his size, his attention span and motivation can't match the other boys. Still, he's had fun -he likes the drills at practice more than the games themselves. Last week he played goalie for the first half and was extremely excited. Its his favorite position.
Pierce has two games left (one's a rain out makeup) and we had our last practice last night. With the exception of cub scouts, we should see things slow way down as soon as he's finished. I think we're already for a break from all the activity. Anna's expressed an interest in doing gymnastics again (I think Pierce said he'd like to do it again too). And Pierce has the opportunity to join a year-round swim team through school, which I think he'd really enjoy. So we'll see what develops...
-Eric (Dad)
Friday, October 19, 2007
Camping and Rain
Last weekend Pierce’s Cub Scout troop had a families camping weekend, the Scoutoree. We borrowed a 6-person tent from Billy (and an extra sleeping bag), met with rest of his den at Pierce’s school, and drove out to an old golf course that’s been converted to a camping site. We got a late start, so setting up the tent was a race against the setting sun (we were successful).
The campground was interesting. With direction from park employees, we all parked on an old fairway, then carried and wheeled our gear to a different fairway to setup camp. Generator powered lights ran up the center of the fairway, along with a string of port-a-potties. There wasn’t much rhyme or reason to where tents were setup, so everyone just grabbed the closest piece of ground. Guestimates were about 900-1000 people camping. The Cub Scout troop occupied one fairway, with a Boy Scout troop occupying a different fairway.
Most of the kids, Pierce and Anna included, ran around playing tag with flashlights. Anna and a couple of boys found a hole to dig in and found a slug. When it was fully dark, all the camp’s attendees attended an evening of presentations. There were skits, Native American dancing, and a ritual flag burning. Unfortunately, none of us could hear a thing. The flag burning took forever. Pierce and Anna both repeatedly asked if we could go back to the tent so that they could, to quote Pierce, “Hit the hay”.
Returning to the tent, Pierce’s den shared cupcakes, then, somehow, I got wrangled into shepparding several of the boys to the edge of the woods for a team “pee” session. Did I mention Pierce pulls his pants down to his ankles before he pees standing up? Several of his den mates had questions about that…
Pierce and Anna were both starting to get colds, so Pierce fell asleep almost immediately. Anna was too interested in the tent and all the kids running around us to settle down. The gas powered lights were turned off about 10:15 and everyone, adults included, went to bed. Anna fell asleep about the same time we did.
Of course, within a couple of hours a thunderstorm blew in and took up residence in the area for about 10 hours. I think we had about 4-6 inches of rain. The thunder and lightening were non-stop. Fortunately, our tent stayed dry and we mostly slept through the night. But many of the campers, especially the kids, couldn’t deal with the thunderstorm and broke camp and left before sun up.
In the morning, while Nora and Anna went to use the bathroom, Pierce and I went to go get the car and bring it back to the tent. Slogging through the pouring rain, when we arrived at the car, the formerly grassy fairway had turned into a giant mud pit. There were countless minivans and Honda Accords stuck. Nora’s SUV made it out with a minimum of trouble, but we weren’t allowed to bring the car back to the camp. More slogging and schlepping of gear ensued. Nora and the kids waited in the car while I broke down the tent (I think I set a speed record). Fortunately, the rain eased while I was getting the tent stowed, but by then it didn’t matter. I don’t think I’ve ever been so wet in my life.
The pack was supposed to have breakfast and activities Saturday morning. I can’t imagine what happened to all the food the pack brought in –someone must have eaten well. We spotted a donut shop on the way home and figured that would serve quite nicely.
-Eric (Dad)
The campground was interesting. With direction from park employees, we all parked on an old fairway, then carried and wheeled our gear to a different fairway to setup camp. Generator powered lights ran up the center of the fairway, along with a string of port-a-potties. There wasn’t much rhyme or reason to where tents were setup, so everyone just grabbed the closest piece of ground. Guestimates were about 900-1000 people camping. The Cub Scout troop occupied one fairway, with a Boy Scout troop occupying a different fairway.
Most of the kids, Pierce and Anna included, ran around playing tag with flashlights. Anna and a couple of boys found a hole to dig in and found a slug. When it was fully dark, all the camp’s attendees attended an evening of presentations. There were skits, Native American dancing, and a ritual flag burning. Unfortunately, none of us could hear a thing. The flag burning took forever. Pierce and Anna both repeatedly asked if we could go back to the tent so that they could, to quote Pierce, “Hit the hay”.
Returning to the tent, Pierce’s den shared cupcakes, then, somehow, I got wrangled into shepparding several of the boys to the edge of the woods for a team “pee” session. Did I mention Pierce pulls his pants down to his ankles before he pees standing up? Several of his den mates had questions about that…
Pierce and Anna were both starting to get colds, so Pierce fell asleep almost immediately. Anna was too interested in the tent and all the kids running around us to settle down. The gas powered lights were turned off about 10:15 and everyone, adults included, went to bed. Anna fell asleep about the same time we did.
Of course, within a couple of hours a thunderstorm blew in and took up residence in the area for about 10 hours. I think we had about 4-6 inches of rain. The thunder and lightening were non-stop. Fortunately, our tent stayed dry and we mostly slept through the night. But many of the campers, especially the kids, couldn’t deal with the thunderstorm and broke camp and left before sun up.
In the morning, while Nora and Anna went to use the bathroom, Pierce and I went to go get the car and bring it back to the tent. Slogging through the pouring rain, when we arrived at the car, the formerly grassy fairway had turned into a giant mud pit. There were countless minivans and Honda Accords stuck. Nora’s SUV made it out with a minimum of trouble, but we weren’t allowed to bring the car back to the camp. More slogging and schlepping of gear ensued. Nora and the kids waited in the car while I broke down the tent (I think I set a speed record). Fortunately, the rain eased while I was getting the tent stowed, but by then it didn’t matter. I don’t think I’ve ever been so wet in my life.
The pack was supposed to have breakfast and activities Saturday morning. I can’t imagine what happened to all the food the pack brought in –someone must have eaten well. We spotted a donut shop on the way home and figured that would serve quite nicely.
-Eric (Dad)
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Pierce's Challenge
Last Saturday at basketball practice, Pierce was touching some other kid's head while he waited in line. He didn't mean anything by it (that I can tell), but it was pretty clear the other kid was getting very irritated. From the sidelines I yelled for Pierce to knock it off. He stopped and life moved on. Until school the next day.
Tuesday morning Pierce told Nora that at recess the day before, he'd seen a 2nd grader on the playground whose hair looked soft and he tried to touch it. His reward? The 2nd grader and his friends chased Pierce around the playground for both the morning and afternoon recess periods. Guess we know why Pierce was trying to touch that kid's head on Saturday -you'd think he'd learn. I have to admit, I never imagined anyone would need to be instructed that its inappropriate to try and touch a stranger's head because their hair looks soft...
Pierce didn't want to wear his blue jacket to school because he thought that's how the second graders were identifying him and he didn't want to get chased again. Nora and I thought that might not be the best solution. We talked to him about NOT touching other people, boys or girls, without their permission. We also talked about finding an adult ASAP when a situation occurs that makes him uncomfortable. Then I taught him a technique we teach kids in karate class...
Most aggressors are not accustomed to being confronted. So Pierce and I practiced having him directly address his aggressors. Then we practiced it in the kitchen. The basic steps: face your aggressor and look him directly in the eye. Stand tall, hands at sides, stomp your foot and yell, as loudly as you can, "Stop! I don't like what your doing". The first time Pierce attempted it he looked at the floor, tried to pull his shirt over his knees and wasn't even audible. But a few more tries and he had the trick. Anna watched with great interest over her cereal bowl.
As you can imagine, I was very interested in hearing how school went that day. Nora called me from the car after she picked Pierce up from school, then handed Pierce the phone so he could tell me about it in his own words. Pierce said "They didn't chase me at the first recess, but then they tried to chase me during afternoon recess. I did just what we practiced -they started to chase me and I turned around and yelled 'Stop'. And they left." I asked him if he was scared and he told me "No".
As you can imagine, Nora and I are extremely proud of Pierce. Confrontation is never easy, even as an adult. Hopefully Pierce walked away learning a couple of lessons -1.) Don't touch strangers hair... and 2.) Stand up for yourself.
-Eric (Dad)
Tuesday morning Pierce told Nora that at recess the day before, he'd seen a 2nd grader on the playground whose hair looked soft and he tried to touch it. His reward? The 2nd grader and his friends chased Pierce around the playground for both the morning and afternoon recess periods. Guess we know why Pierce was trying to touch that kid's head on Saturday -you'd think he'd learn. I have to admit, I never imagined anyone would need to be instructed that its inappropriate to try and touch a stranger's head because their hair looks soft...
Pierce didn't want to wear his blue jacket to school because he thought that's how the second graders were identifying him and he didn't want to get chased again. Nora and I thought that might not be the best solution. We talked to him about NOT touching other people, boys or girls, without their permission. We also talked about finding an adult ASAP when a situation occurs that makes him uncomfortable. Then I taught him a technique we teach kids in karate class...
Most aggressors are not accustomed to being confronted. So Pierce and I practiced having him directly address his aggressors. Then we practiced it in the kitchen. The basic steps: face your aggressor and look him directly in the eye. Stand tall, hands at sides, stomp your foot and yell, as loudly as you can, "Stop! I don't like what your doing". The first time Pierce attempted it he looked at the floor, tried to pull his shirt over his knees and wasn't even audible. But a few more tries and he had the trick. Anna watched with great interest over her cereal bowl.
As you can imagine, I was very interested in hearing how school went that day. Nora called me from the car after she picked Pierce up from school, then handed Pierce the phone so he could tell me about it in his own words. Pierce said "They didn't chase me at the first recess, but then they tried to chase me during afternoon recess. I did just what we practiced -they started to chase me and I turned around and yelled 'Stop'. And they left." I asked him if he was scared and he told me "No".
As you can imagine, Nora and I are extremely proud of Pierce. Confrontation is never easy, even as an adult. Hopefully Pierce walked away learning a couple of lessons -1.) Don't touch strangers hair... and 2.) Stand up for yourself.
-Eric (Dad)
Anna's Tooth
Anna lost her first tooth last Thursday. She was very excited. She's been watching Pierce enviously for the last couple of years as he's lost tooth after tooth. Interestingly, the loose tooth snuck up on us. Anna had a loose top tooth that she got from a soccer collision. Fortunately it tightened back up (we think). Then on Tuesday Anna claimed her bottom tooth was "very, very loose. Loose? It was practically falling over. Anna gave it some serious wiggle time and enjoyed showing it off to anyone (including complete strangers).
When it finally came out, with some assistance from Nora, Anna kept repeating, "My tooth is soooo beautiful". Thursday evening Nora and I went to a wine and cheese party with the other parents of Phoenix Montessori school and after paying the babysitter, had no $1 bills left. So Anna got 3 quarters, two dimes and a nickel from the tooth fairy. She was so excited that the tooth fairy visited she didn't even care about the actual figure -she's telling everyone that she got "One money".
-Eric (Dad_
When it finally came out, with some assistance from Nora, Anna kept repeating, "My tooth is soooo beautiful". Thursday evening Nora and I went to a wine and cheese party with the other parents of Phoenix Montessori school and after paying the babysitter, had no $1 bills left. So Anna got 3 quarters, two dimes and a nickel from the tooth fairy. She was so excited that the tooth fairy visited she didn't even care about the actual figure -she's telling everyone that she got "One money".
-Eric (Dad_
Monday, October 08, 2007
Fire saftey, Basketball, Soccer, turkey and Parties
I think this last weekend will go down as one of our busier ones for awhile. Here’s the recap:
Friday
Dinner tuned out to be challenging. Neither kid wanted to stop playing to eat. Anna was so insistent that she was not hungry she didn’t eat anything on her plate and bugged us to be excused. A discussion of Saturday morning’s upcoming basketball practice reduced Anna to tears. She insisted that she didn’t like the game and found it boring and didn’t want to play any more. After dinner, Pierce and Nora went to the library. Anna was on the tired/cranky side, so we stayed home and she played with her dollhouse. When it was time for bed, because she frenetic and clowning around, Anna fell out of the bed -resulting in many tears. She then fell asleep almost immediately.
At the library, Pierce discovered a new set of mystery books, the Box Car Mysteries. He read both books by the end of Saturday (incidentally, by the end of the weekend, he had fourteen bookslips to turn in to his teacher –and that’s just the books we knew he read).
Saturday
True to her word, Anna absolutely refused to participate in basketball practice. Even with me going on the floor with her and the coach coming over to encourage her, she wouldn’t budge an inch (no tears, just complete refusal to participate). Once again proving that when she sets her mind to something, she will not be budged. She’s officially retired from basketball for the season.
Pierce had overlapping soccer and basketball commitments, so we let him choose which he wanted to do. Basketball was his pick. Pierce’s practice went well with some incremental improvement over last week.
After lunch, I took the opportunity to finish a project I started the prior weekend. I had created wooden nameplates to hang in each of the kids rooms. The wood had been cut and sanded, with their names traced onto the fronts, but the routing still needed to be done. Two hours later, with some assistance from Anna (“Look Dad, the sawdust can be snow for my Barbies!”) the project was finished. Nora and I think they came out pretty well. Pierce and Anna are relatively unimpressed.
Pierce and I took the training wheels off Pierce’s bicycle. Within minutes Pierce was riding by himself (I was originally holding on to the seat to keep him steady). Nora managed to capture the whole thing on video. Pierce was very nonplussed about the whole thing. Nora, in her excitement, actually ran to give Pierce a hug and congratulate him without ever turning the video camera off. We have some great footage of her feet while you hear her telling Pierce how proud she is of him.
For dinner we went to a local Chinese restaurant. Pierce and Anna got a little adventurous, with Pierce ordering Crispy Chicken and Anna getting Lo mien noodles. Anna declared the noodles to be her absolute favorite and both kids demolished the Crispy Chicken –Nora and I thought we were going to have to order another serving before their tanks finally registered full.
We finished the day with a driveway movie, Polar Express. Attendance was a little low; the local Catholic school was having an auction that evening that included about half our neighborhood. The weather was very hot and muggy, so it wasn’t the most comfortable showing we’ve had. Just the week prior we’d all been wrapped in blankets and this time we sat and sweated. The heat brought out the bugs. With a little bug spray, most of us survived intact, but Anna got pretty chewed up. She’s covered in red welts.
Sunday
After a leisurely breakfast, our family split up. Pierce and I went to the Annual Fire Safety Week activities at the Olathe fire department that featured hundreds of people, about 20 fire engines, a lifeflight helicopter, free bicycle helmets (we spent about 30 minutes in line), a bicycle challenge course (we brought Pierce’s bike, but with the recently removed training wheels, chose not to have him participate), a demonstration of a truck rollover (complete with body flying out of the moving truck), and three firefighters cutting the roof and doors off a junked car to demonstrate how they free trapped passengers –complete with the use of the “jaws of life”. Pierce was in heaven.
While Pierce and I were watching firefighters, Nora and Anna went to Anna’s soccer practice. Anna was able to get her soccer ball back (another player walked off with it last week when the practice was cut short by rain) and brought a new intensity to her soccer efforts, culminating with her scoring a goal during the practice’s mock game. Anna was extremely pleased with herself.
After about two hours we headed home for a pre-birthday birthday party for Pierce and Anna. We decided to have a small party with relatives and a few adult neighbors prior to the big “kids party” to take place closer to their actual birthday. Pierce rode his scooter around the neighborhood while I got ready to deep-fry a turkey. The weather had been very overcast all day. Concerned that it might rain while the turkey was in the deep fryer, I setup a large, open-sided tent in the backyard and set the turkey fryer underneath it. Sure enough, 4 minutes after I got the turkey in the fryer a major thunderstorm blew through. It ended right as it was time to pull the turkey out.
The dinner and party were a success. We had a loud, busy house. Pierce, Anna and their cousins wrestled with Uncle Billy. Mike and Lizz, Lizz’s mother Carol, and the new twins had an animated conversation with Carrie, Aunt Nicole, and Joanne. Bill adopted Alex (one of the twins) and kept him entertained all evening. Everyone socialized and pigged out, and then we moved on to present opening and cake. There were a lot of very nice presents, but the favorites were: Anna received an animatronic Mumbles the Penguin (from the movie Happy Feet), and Pierce was split between a new HO Steam Locomotive (with real smoke) and a couple of snap-fit model cars that he and his cousin assembled –without assistance.
I had to leave early to consult with the undergrad KU chapter of my fraternity, but got back after everyone had cleaned up and left (wasn’t that great timing?). Then a little bedtime reading with Anna and the day drew to a close.
-Eric (Dad)
Friday
Dinner tuned out to be challenging. Neither kid wanted to stop playing to eat. Anna was so insistent that she was not hungry she didn’t eat anything on her plate and bugged us to be excused. A discussion of Saturday morning’s upcoming basketball practice reduced Anna to tears. She insisted that she didn’t like the game and found it boring and didn’t want to play any more. After dinner, Pierce and Nora went to the library. Anna was on the tired/cranky side, so we stayed home and she played with her dollhouse. When it was time for bed, because she frenetic and clowning around, Anna fell out of the bed -resulting in many tears. She then fell asleep almost immediately.
At the library, Pierce discovered a new set of mystery books, the Box Car Mysteries. He read both books by the end of Saturday (incidentally, by the end of the weekend, he had fourteen bookslips to turn in to his teacher –and that’s just the books we knew he read).
Saturday
True to her word, Anna absolutely refused to participate in basketball practice. Even with me going on the floor with her and the coach coming over to encourage her, she wouldn’t budge an inch (no tears, just complete refusal to participate). Once again proving that when she sets her mind to something, she will not be budged. She’s officially retired from basketball for the season.
Pierce had overlapping soccer and basketball commitments, so we let him choose which he wanted to do. Basketball was his pick. Pierce’s practice went well with some incremental improvement over last week.
After lunch, I took the opportunity to finish a project I started the prior weekend. I had created wooden nameplates to hang in each of the kids rooms. The wood had been cut and sanded, with their names traced onto the fronts, but the routing still needed to be done. Two hours later, with some assistance from Anna (“Look Dad, the sawdust can be snow for my Barbies!”) the project was finished. Nora and I think they came out pretty well. Pierce and Anna are relatively unimpressed.
Pierce and I took the training wheels off Pierce’s bicycle. Within minutes Pierce was riding by himself (I was originally holding on to the seat to keep him steady). Nora managed to capture the whole thing on video. Pierce was very nonplussed about the whole thing. Nora, in her excitement, actually ran to give Pierce a hug and congratulate him without ever turning the video camera off. We have some great footage of her feet while you hear her telling Pierce how proud she is of him.
For dinner we went to a local Chinese restaurant. Pierce and Anna got a little adventurous, with Pierce ordering Crispy Chicken and Anna getting Lo mien noodles. Anna declared the noodles to be her absolute favorite and both kids demolished the Crispy Chicken –Nora and I thought we were going to have to order another serving before their tanks finally registered full.
We finished the day with a driveway movie, Polar Express. Attendance was a little low; the local Catholic school was having an auction that evening that included about half our neighborhood. The weather was very hot and muggy, so it wasn’t the most comfortable showing we’ve had. Just the week prior we’d all been wrapped in blankets and this time we sat and sweated. The heat brought out the bugs. With a little bug spray, most of us survived intact, but Anna got pretty chewed up. She’s covered in red welts.
Sunday
After a leisurely breakfast, our family split up. Pierce and I went to the Annual Fire Safety Week activities at the Olathe fire department that featured hundreds of people, about 20 fire engines, a lifeflight helicopter, free bicycle helmets (we spent about 30 minutes in line), a bicycle challenge course (we brought Pierce’s bike, but with the recently removed training wheels, chose not to have him participate), a demonstration of a truck rollover (complete with body flying out of the moving truck), and three firefighters cutting the roof and doors off a junked car to demonstrate how they free trapped passengers –complete with the use of the “jaws of life”. Pierce was in heaven.
While Pierce and I were watching firefighters, Nora and Anna went to Anna’s soccer practice. Anna was able to get her soccer ball back (another player walked off with it last week when the practice was cut short by rain) and brought a new intensity to her soccer efforts, culminating with her scoring a goal during the practice’s mock game. Anna was extremely pleased with herself.
After about two hours we headed home for a pre-birthday birthday party for Pierce and Anna. We decided to have a small party with relatives and a few adult neighbors prior to the big “kids party” to take place closer to their actual birthday. Pierce rode his scooter around the neighborhood while I got ready to deep-fry a turkey. The weather had been very overcast all day. Concerned that it might rain while the turkey was in the deep fryer, I setup a large, open-sided tent in the backyard and set the turkey fryer underneath it. Sure enough, 4 minutes after I got the turkey in the fryer a major thunderstorm blew through. It ended right as it was time to pull the turkey out.
The dinner and party were a success. We had a loud, busy house. Pierce, Anna and their cousins wrestled with Uncle Billy. Mike and Lizz, Lizz’s mother Carol, and the new twins had an animated conversation with Carrie, Aunt Nicole, and Joanne. Bill adopted Alex (one of the twins) and kept him entertained all evening. Everyone socialized and pigged out, and then we moved on to present opening and cake. There were a lot of very nice presents, but the favorites were: Anna received an animatronic Mumbles the Penguin (from the movie Happy Feet), and Pierce was split between a new HO Steam Locomotive (with real smoke) and a couple of snap-fit model cars that he and his cousin assembled –without assistance.
I had to leave early to consult with the undergrad KU chapter of my fraternity, but got back after everyone had cleaned up and left (wasn’t that great timing?). Then a little bedtime reading with Anna and the day drew to a close.
-Eric (Dad)
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Scooters and Bruises
Since getting his new scooter, Pierce and the kids around the neighborhood are constantly riding scooters. Their favorite game seems to be “Police”, where one or more kids is a criminal and must go to jail behind our fence gate. Since they’ve started playing we’ve seen some pretty horrific crashes. Anna’s taken a new interest in her 3-wheel scooter and also participates as best she can –though she has limited interest for more than a few minutes. Both Pierce and Anna’s shins and elbows look like an alien landscape –lots of bruises, scrapes and Band-Aids.
-Eric (Dad)
-Eric (Dad)
Basketball
Pierce and Anna both started their basketball leagues last Saturday. Anna’s is at 9:00; Pierce’s at 10:00 (fortunately, they’re both in the same location). After a bit of a slow start (Anna was sad because she was lonely), Anna jumped into the activities with both feet. Much like Pierce last year, she’s the youngest on the team, and she’s having some coordination issues with dribbling. Interestingly, she can pass and catch better than anyone else out there. We tend to do a lot of that at home, so it may have rubbed off. Either her techniques off, or she needs a little more upper body strength, because she’s not shooting for the hoop too well. But I’m sure it will come to her. Nora and I are going to buy a smaller basketball for our home court so she can play with us at home.
The difference in Pierce’s play from last year to this is like night and day. Everything’s better: dribbling, shooting, passing, focus and concentration. It was very exciting to see. On the drive out there he was very excited about seeing his basketball “friends”.
We go out to the practices as a family and each kid has an hour to stay entertained while the other plays. Pierce and Anna both brought their L-Maxes and did very well. There are enough other kids in the stands, along with babies, that they’re both constantly visiting. I enjoyed watching both of them, but two hours sitting on a cold metal bleacher is murder. Ouch.
-Eric (Dad)
The difference in Pierce’s play from last year to this is like night and day. Everything’s better: dribbling, shooting, passing, focus and concentration. It was very exciting to see. On the drive out there he was very excited about seeing his basketball “friends”.
We go out to the practices as a family and each kid has an hour to stay entertained while the other plays. Pierce and Anna both brought their L-Maxes and did very well. There are enough other kids in the stands, along with babies, that they’re both constantly visiting. I enjoyed watching both of them, but two hours sitting on a cold metal bleacher is murder. Ouch.
-Eric (Dad)
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