Basketball Fever

Josh's intramural league is in it's last days, so we have been coming to watch his games. He fancies himself a point guard, fun to watch! 

Luke lost a tooth at school and got this awesome double gap smile to show for it!  He ran into a kid when he turned around  and knocked his head against the kid's forehead.  That just made the tooth wiggly, so he pulled it out in class (all over his math worksheet, according to his teacher!), and was so proud of it! 

Later this same night, after Josh's basketball frustration and homework battles, we decided we needed to make some cookies.  They were ready for some crazy time. 

This is a better try at a sweet smile.

Luke wrote this note to the tooth fairy.  It says "Dear tooth fairy, Do you smell like cotton candy?  Circle yes or no.  I pulled it out myself"  The pictures are of cotton candy, the tooth fairy (complete with a tooth bag) and of course a tooth with roots on the bottom.  She circled yes and wrote "How did you know?" back.  Luke was thrilled. 

That night he got too scared to sleep in his own bed and ended up falling asleep with Josh.  This is what the tooth fairy had to navigate...lucky she's nimble/they are pretty hard sleepers. 

Tuesday night Luke had his first ever basketball practice.  It's a K/1 league, so there are several kids who have never played, or not played much.  The coach is smart and has them work on fundamentals like passing. 

This is a random picture of a rebounding drill, but is only in here to show you how tall Luke is compared to his team!  

After practice, gotta hydrate. 

Wednesday Josh's league started a tournament, and daddy wanted to come to the game.  Luke was pretty darn happy to be hanging out with daddy at 4 PM on a school/work day! 

Josh's team played well but lost in a single elimination tournament.  He wears his penny like that, like a cape, on purpose.  He beats to his own drum. 

Later Wednesday night was the Pinewood Derby at Cub Scouts.  Josh's is the red Lamborghini in the middle row, and Luke is the black and red one next to it (with the one blue ticket on it).

This is what Luke thought of the races.  His car didn't get very many votes for Best In Show and  lost the first two races of a double elimination bracket.  He hung out for 2 hours for about 4 seconds of racing.  He's not a fan.

Josh's car did about the same as Luke's, but he somehow managed a better attitude about the evening. 

Tuesday night Luke started this ritual of sleeping with about 15 stuffed animals and 6 blankets.  He stacks them up strategically and then covers his body with a fuzzy blanket, then I place the other five blankets on him.  Then he asks me to turn on the fan because he's "steaming!" 

Josh thought it would be funny to hide under Mr. Cuddles.

Luke feels like the king of the castle. And his new signature move is to throw the deuces.  He's too cool.

This is how my boys go to school...with basketballs in hand. I love this!

Josh is lucky enough to be at his good friend Aden's cabin this weekend. He left Friday and Aden's dad sent this photo.  It looks like Aden's two brothers and two friends, all drinking root beer and eating chips. Josh must be in heaven! 

Friday night with just Luke we decided it was time to get his lacrosse gear.  He picked a red helmet so we could see him easier, smart kid!  They had junior ski poles on sale, so we bought him some. He declared it his lucky day because of that!

After gear shopping, we went to Cold Stone to top off the luckiest day.  He never gets to have the sprinkle waffle bowl, but seeing how it was his lucky day, we couldn't really say no. He was thrilled, as the smile shows.