Basketball

 Here they are, the fierce Braves basketball team. 

 Leeza looks like she could be a professional basketbball player in a few years.

 Sasha is just having fun.  She is one of the shorter ones on the team which makes it harder for her.

 Leeza sometimes would rather dance than practice sometimes.

 Yes, mommy is taking photos again.

 More dancing from Leeza while the rest practice.

 Leeza does dribble pretty well and loves to run up and down the court.

 The ref going over the rules with everyone.

 It is player #1 Sasha heading down the court in a breakway drive.

This is Sasha's favorite thing- sitting on the side lines and looking under the curtain towatch the other game going on. 

Squishee Bath

 This is the most disgusting product ever marketed to kids.  You add it to water and it turns into a chunky gel.

 Sasha loved it and stayed in it for over an hour.  Long after it had gotten cold.

 Leeza got out soon after the pictures were taken.  She sort of liked it, but not really.

Basketball again

Lots of action in this shot.  Both girls made baskets today.  Sasha in practice, but she didn't care.  She was just happy to finally make one.

Tooth #3

Tooth #3 came out today.  It is the first one on the bottom.  It was hurting her lip so I had to pull it which did not go well.  The other tooth is already in and came up behind this one.  She needs to lose at least one more for there to be room for this tooth.

 

This picture is after the 2nd tooth came out.  I forgot to get one of #3 and forgot to record when #2 fell out.  

Sick

It was supposed to be a fun 3 day weekend, but it ended up with Leeza sick all weekend with a fever and rash and now I am sick too.  Leeza gets such a high fever that it just burns her little body up.  Sasha is feeling neglected since I have to use the little energy I have to take care of Leeza.  She is helping out though and being a good kid whicle mommy is sick and cranky.  

 Leeza passed out in the play room while Sasha plays on my Kindle.

 Here is what 5 days of fever does to a little girls body.  It started looking like a rash and now it just looks like bruises under the skin.

Poor kid is worried about the other kids making fun of her at schools.  It is now Wednesday and the rash gets worse each morning.  We have been to 2 doctors and they both say it is just a virus and not to worry about it.

Basketball Starts

 We might not know much about basketball, but we sure look good.  We have our basketball shorts and matching tops.  The girls are on the Braves team at the YMCA.  They practice for 30 minutes then have a 30 minute game.

 Not many of the kids can get the basketball up to the basket.  They lower it to 8 ft, but that is still pretty high for someone under 4 ft.

 Yes, that ball is supposed to go way up there!

 The team has a meeting before the game.

 Leeza practicing dribbling back and forth across the court.

 They hit most of the fundamentals including passing in their practices.

 The huddle up for team strategy.  I don't thikn there is much of a game plan other than get the ball to the right basket.

 They run up and down the court repeatedly.

 Get those arms up to try to get the ball.  I like the one little boy staring at the other end of the court.  It is not unusual for someone to run off the court to their parents for a potty break.

Basketball is a tough sport and sometimes you just gotta take a break.

Back to School 2013

It was the first day back to school today.  Leeza was happy since she got to tell everyone that her tooth fell out.  They then stand in front of the class and the class sings "the tooth" song.  It is a big deal if you are 5. 

 Leeza first tooth fell out on 12/28.  The tooth fairy gave her 2 golden dollars in an envelope with her name written on it in glitter.



It took a lot of work to get the first tooth out.