Sunday, January 13, 2008

Junior Jazz

Yesterday Thomas had his first Junior Jazz basketball game. Although every kids' jersey says "JAZZ" on it, Thomas's team acutally is the Jazz, so we thought that was kind of cool. He was so excited-- he has been counting down the days all week. In practice before the game, Tom found his spot on the floor where he could make several baskets-- it was fun to see how excited he got when his shot went in!

The game itself was not unlike soccer last spring-- a bunch of kids just chasing the ball from goal to goal. The coaches kept yelling things like, "Pass!" and "Defense!", to which most of the kids just put their arms up. It was pretty cute. The best thing about 1st grade basketball is that there are no fouls (the kids aren't malicious enough to try to foul each other yet anyway), very lenient boundaries, everyone gets to play, and no one (except Thomas) keeps score.

Go Jazz #22!






After the game, we took the kids to Casper's Ice Cream in Providence. It's a newer place and I hadn't been before-- very nice. Of course, my boys ordered blue bubblegum, which tastes surprisingly like Pepto Bismal. Yum.


10 comments:

Emily said...

Maybe Tom could teach Carlos Boozer his skipping down the court technique. Very effective! (and cute!)

Caitlan said...

CUTE!!! Haha I love that Tom's playing basketball. I definitely want to come to a game sometime. See you this weekend!

Jennifer P. said...

okay Elise--I'll give you a warning since your children are young enough that they might still need a little help wiping. The blue bubblegum ice cream will make their poopies blue. So don't worry when you see this, they are not dying. Tell them that too so they don't freak out :)!

Marilyn said...

I need to post a photo of Chris when he played junior jazz. Jazzy!!

becky ward said...

Ahh! That icecream looks delicious! Owen loved watching Thomas on the court. How fun!

Kristine said...

Go Junior Jazz! I feel compelled to defend the blue bubblegum ice cream because it is one of my favorite flavors. Mike thinks I am crazy, but I think it is fabulous!

Ann-Michelle said...

todd played junior jazz, too! i am really excited for the sports day with my little troupe of terrors!

Holly said...

How cute. I think I was even more awkward than that when I played Junior Jazz. In fact, one time I passed the ball to the referee. I was so embarrassed!

Emily said...

LAUGHING-laughing over Jennifers post.

Amanda and Andy Hansen said...

He looks so cute in his basketball shorts. That ice cream looks yummy:)