My Basketball Star

Owen has been playing basketball now since the middle of October. He was very anxious about it at first, I think because he didn't like people watching him. So every Saturday they would start off by doing practices and drills to learn fundamentals then they would play a small scrimmage against another team. (Owen is in the red pants).

The first day he wouldn't play at all. He sat a cried and hid his face in my shoulder. Then gradually, the Saturdays that followed he would play a little more and a little more. He would not every play the scrimmage though. Then they didn't have it for Thanksgiving weekend, then the next weekend it was snowed out and then the third weekend in a row, Owen refused to go. But his last game was last Saturday. He hadn't played for three weeks mind you, and he was a totally new kid. He played the entire 40 minutes and got to shoot the ball, dribble the ball and run up and down the court with his team. It's a very laid back 3 and 4 year old league at the YMCA. The coaches run up and down with the kids and pick them up to shoot the ball, etc. I was so excited that he played, I almost cried. So these pictures all come from Owen's last basketball game of the season. I am so proud of him for actually trying it and liking it too!!