Blaine's First Basketball Game

Blaine had his first basketball game Saturday morning. After his first practice Tuesday night, he was not at all thrilled about two things. 1) They don't keep score. (You know my competitive little thing. This was bad news!) 2) There are three girls on the team. (For now, girls are not his thing! And I'm okay with that!)

Saturday morning, though, he was ready and excited. Before the game, they had a little warm-up time.
My favorite part of the whole experience may have been the way he kicked his little leg up when he shot the ball.

Then after a prayer (yay, Y!) and handshakes,
it was game on!

This basketball team has such a different feel to it. Even though four of our baseball team decided to play in this off season, it's a whole different atmosphere. As I mentioned before, they don't keep score. The referee is more like a third coach. They don't call for double dribbling or traveling. If they carry the ball too long, the ref would say, "You've got to dribble the ball!" Or if they were just standing in front of another kid, he would say, "Remember to put your hands up!" They had two sets of players. One group would play a few minutes, and then the ref would blow the whistle to switch to the second group. Everybody plays.

Blaine and Elijah were in the first group, while David Angel and Joaquin were in the second. Even though they weren't keeping score, and it was a very laid back atmosphere, you just can't take the intensity out of these two.
Notice the other Warriors (our team) behind them? They aren't nearly as intense as these two. One of them would even suck his thumb when he was benched. It was great. Everybody in the building was smiling. So different from baseball, and so fun! I was actually relaxed instead of about to puke. Ha!
I can't wait until next week! I think Kylee will really enjoy watching this, too. She and Lindsey were at a dance camp this Saturday morning. Stay tuned for that post.

Click right here to watch Blaine the basketball player in action.