ever wish you had brought your camera????

Not very often do John or I say "I wish we had brought the camera".

But, today was one of those days!

Austin had a basketball game today.  Not many of the basketball games this season have been much to talk about.  And, knowing which few minutes of a full game to actually get the camera out and record is something that takes some expertise...so we had NOT brought our camera.

John, Ellie and I sat at the end of the court.  Ellie was playing Austin's DS game and John and I looked out onto the court and wondered where was the 5th team player was and where was the coach!?!?!  A young boy in flip flops was helping them warm up, but no coach in sight.   I felt like this was going to be a LONG, disappointing game (and I assume John felt the same way).  But then, 1 minute (not even exaggerating) before the game started, the assistant coach ran into the room.  A bit of a bright spot needless to say.

Well, we don't know what happened, but Austin had the GAME OF HIS LIFE!!!!  (he is only 6, though).

Austin scored at least 3 awesome baskets!  One of the baskets he scored after taking the ball all the way down the court and shot it from pretty far away (me, as a mom, would say it was from a 3-point range for a 6 year-old).

He also had several passes and a few rebounds.  The boy he was guarding was one very quick, little kid that got away from Austin a few times, but I'm not sure I could have done any better at guarding him!

Way to got Little Lions!  It was your best game ever!!  Lots of teamwork and lots of fun to watch!

Wish we had our camera with us!!!

Sock Hop

Ellie's school had a Sock Hop fund raiser Friday night.  It was a great event with food, dancing, hula hoop contests, crafts, games, etc.  Ellie really had a blast.  Again, it was an opportunity for Ellie to dress up and I think her outfit and hair turned out great...for not really having anything in our house that resembles clothes from the 50s.  There were lots of poodle skirts, pony tails and Pink Ladies at the event.  Everyone really went all out with their costumes.

Pirates!

I had class last Wednesday night and Ellie called me to say that it was Pirate Night at Awana.  I had dropped the ball and had not prepared them with outfits for their Theme Night.  Luckily, it was John to the rescue.  He helped them make eye patchs and helped Ellie pull together a great Pirate outfit.  Check it out!

Happy Birthday, Austin!

This is a belated post about Austin's birthday.  He had a good birthday, even though Dad had a bout of the stomach flu and I had a bad cold.  We managed to get in a trip to Dave and Buster's for some video games, a sleep over with some friends, and Austin's first playdate with a friend from school.

I have just realized I don't have many pictures of the event.