Basketball Saturdays

We have two weeks of school under our belt now, and we are back in the routine after the wonderful pause of Christmas break. On the night before school started back, Eli lost his second tooth, so that next morning, as we were getting ourselves ready and out the door, we had the excitement of another Tooth Fairy scavenger hunt. I'm sometimes surprised how much we fit into the hour between 6AM and 7AM! All in all, Emmy and Eli have adjusted back to the early mornings with relative ease, and the selfies with Aunt Megan at lunch have resumed once again. 

In other news, the Upwards basketball season is officially underway. The first game was on Saturday, the 11th, and Eli's team had the very first game of the day at 8:30AM, with Emmy's team playing the very last game of the day at 2PM. All of our Saturdays will pretty much follow this same schedule until the end of February. It's an unlucky draw with such a big gap of time in between. We were pretty spoiled in the past with both kids' games being closer together and before lunchtime. But we are making it work. Boomer has come out of referee retirement and has been volunteering in that gap of time by officiating a few of the other games (not our own kids' of course!) Just before that first game, we had to dig out his referee jersey and dust off his whistle. I'm amazed by how he plays the role of parent, coach, and referee so effortlessly! Now with two weeks completed, Eli's Kangaroos are 1-1. They have played well, with a bit of comical relief and confusion mixed in. He has scored several baskets and has showed his usual joy and enthusiasm for anything sports related. Emmy's team, the Sun, had tough luck with three of their players missing the first game. The remaining five players had to play the whole time, matching up with an opposing team that had the full squad of 9. The Sun played hard and were pretty red-faced after each period. The girls hustled the whole time and showed a lot of heart, especially our Emmy. The game ended in a tie 18-18. In the game yesterday, the Sun won 38-18, and their current record is 1-0-1. If you're looking for the Kennedys on any of the upcoming Saturdays, you'll find us in the TBC gym! And we are loving it!

A few other things for the month so far, we celebrated Sarah's 40th birthday; Awana resumed on Sunday evenings; and we went to a trampoline party for Emmy's teammate and friend Austin. January has been a fun month so far!