Ethan's Basketball Season(s)

This apple does not fall far from the tree. Our little Ethan boy is obsessed with sports. He comes by it rightly, with a long line of sports fanatics on the family tree. Kent has even commented that Ethan is more intense about sports than Kent is! Yikes. At any rate, Ethan is loving basketball right now. It seems like as soon as one season is over, the next begins. It is hard to be busy every Saturday, but with Kent as the coach, I am happy there is something that Kent and Ethan do together. I know that it is one of the things Ethan loves more than sports- spending time with his dad.

Ethan has come a long way from the uncoordinated kindergartener that didn't know how to handle the ball. He practices indoors and out, at practice and at home. He now understands the game and his skills have improved so much. I love watching him be committed to something and to see him work so hard. Kent, too, has come a long way as the coach. During the first season, I saw Kent coaching a lot from his seat, mostly watching. Now it is a much different story. At the last game, I actually saw Kent pacing the line up and down the court with the team. There were a couple of times he crossed over the line and was shouting words of encouragement. I love it! This picture made me laugh because it looks as if the coaches are having some sort of "stand off."

This season, the team was able to get jerseys that had their team name on the front, with their last names on the back. Sometimes I think about how these boys might play on the same team with each other through High School and it just makes me smile.