Sureshots Week1…

I guess the time has come and we are back to Sureshots!   I thought I was done with Sureshots when I stopped coaching the girls team back when I started college but now Jack is old enough for SureShots.   It was kind of a big deal now.   When we first started it was varying aged, co-ed…just trying to get enough bodies to fill a team. 

Now it is divided by boys and girls.  Kids are turned away as they only fill a certain amount of teams.

This summer there was a 4 week clinic to introduce them to SureShots and evaluate the kids.   Jack dribbiling:

 

They had just as many ‘coaches’ as kids.   It was chaos:

 

Jack shooting:

Wow wow and Barney….

Okay, so I wrote about this before but I didn’t post pictures of Wow-wow and Barney.  Here are pics of Stacy and her wow-wow and Barney.  She has to take them every where we go:

 

Even when she sleeps:

 

Outside:

 

It gets nerve racking because everywhere we go, I have to remember:

 

1.  Go to the place I am going

2.  Have my stuff, keys, phone, etc

3.  Have the kids

4.  Have wow-wow and Barney

 

 

One day, Jack, Stacy and I were at Target and when we got back to the car, I noticed Stacy didn’t have wow-wow anymore.  I thought maybe we left it at home, but Jack said, NO SHE LOST IT!!  

Yup, we had to go back into Target to search for it but luckily Jack found it and saved the day!

No front tooth…

Aya and I wanted to try 5 Guys so we headed out to lunch.   Jack’s was eating his sandwhich….stopped…and said, “Hey my front tooth came out!!”   It is hard to see here because his bottom tooth looks like his top tooth:

 

But you can see it now:

Yes, the tooth fairy does come to our house…but he is cheap…only $1 dollar per tooth…regardless of size!

 

Aya posted this note on the wall:

I don’t think 5 guys really wants people to think kids teeth fall out eating their food.  When I went back a week later the card was gone. 

Stacy’s Crib….

Ha!  Not a good week for Jack’s ‘man-li-ness’.   First the Barbie car and now Stacy’s crib.   I was getting the kids ready for bed and decided to put Jack in the crib.   He looks ginormous in Stacy’s crib:

 

I tried to both of them in the crib but two things happened:

1 Jack took up all the room. 

2 Stacy wanted no part of Jack being in the crib and started to cry:

Cousins…

Our cousins, Abagail, Ariana and AJ from Hawaii were in town on vacation and we met at Grandpa and Grandma’s house for dinner.   So hard to take group pictures but at least the 3 girls are smiling:

 

Abagail going down the roller coaster:

 

Ariana driving the Barbie car:

 

Ariana, Abagail and Jack:

Driving…

Surprisingly Jack drives the car pretty well.   Exiting Grandpa’s back yard is pretty narrow considering the Barbie car is so wide but Jack manages to get by without hitting the house:

I’m a Barbie Girl…

Ruth gave us Nicole’s old Barbie car for Stacy but Stacy is still a bit too small for it, but it doesn’t stop Jack from driving:

 

Jack has no problems that he is in a HOT pink car:

 

Jack and Stacy cruise up and down the block:

Tot Lot…

As much as Stacy follows Jack around, Jack is really very nice to Stacy.   He is always looking at for her and he is more than willing to play on the ‘baby’ slide with Stacy:

Swim class…

Jack at one of his final swim classes.  His freestyle stroke has really improved in 3 weeks of class:

Basketball…

I can’t tell you how hard it is to watch Jack at basketball practice.  Most of the time I just want to be one of ‘those’ parents who is yelling at the kid to do better.   The other times I am just cringing watching him play because he just isn’t very good:

 

Don’t get me wrong, Jack is okay.  He isn’t the worst kid, but he sure runs SLOW.   Plus, you can see how athleticism makes a world of difference in the kids.   Jack has to practice, practice, practice to be ‘okay’.   Some other kids are wild and spastic but they make up for it with quickness and athleticism.

Jack is probably one of the best shooters on the team….but mostly in a catch and shoot situation:

Well hopefully as he gets olds he can find his niche on the court.

Rebound Fail…

Ugh.   It is no secret that I don’t rebound but my crummy rebounding skills coupled with Aya’s non-existent skills equals a Rebounding Fail:

Number 1 fan…

Poor little Stacy.  She gets dragged around to all of Jack’s basketball practices.   Every chance she gets Stacy tries to join in on basketball practice:

 

Stacy even wants to wear Jack’s Laker hat:

Pool…

Jack just cracks me up with the noodle.   I no longer have to be in the water with Jack all the time…but Jack isn’t a good enough swimmer where I can take a nap.  I still have to keep an eye on him.    Noodle jumping:

 

Dead man floating:

 

Giddy-up!!

 

Unicorn style:

 

Ahhh…pool time!!

Summer camp…

This summer we enrolled Jack in the Iverbe Summer Camp at Willows.  

 

Aya took Jack to summer camp on costume day:

 

Summer camp is from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.   Jack gets to run around and play games all day long.   This camp is a ‘sports’ camp which means he is playing most of the day.  A big change for him since normally he has studies all day so this is a nice break for him.   Camp really tires him out because Jack is ready to go to sleep on time and even on weekends Jack just wants to ‘lounge’ and watch tv because he is tired!   At least he is getting into shape over the summer!!

South Bay Aquatics…

Bummers.  Jack was really picking up his swim strokes when we realized we have to take a break from swim class:

 

Jack is one a summer basketball team but the local  team that I want Jack to play has a summer clinic that runs the same time as swim class so we are stopping swim class for a month so Jack can go to two different basketball camps.   Man, we only have one kid in sports but Saturday’s we are driving all over the place.   The morning to Redondo for swim class, back to the westside for basketball, then back home for errands and finally back out to Gardena for basketball.  We are out of the house at 8:30 am and back home around 6:00 pm.