Michael's Final Game

I don't have any great pictures but had to blog about Michael's final game. The day started with the great hunt for his tennis shoes. Actually it started the night before when I searched the entire house including their room with a flashlight looking for them. Fortunately, they did find them hiding in a cubby in their room (I thought they were too big to fit in such a small cubby so I didn't check there--I won't make that mistake again). Then, the game began. It was a very low scoring game but fun to watch anyway. It is so much fun watching little boys try to handle such a big ball. There were two boys on the team who had never made a basket in the game, so the coach was really working on having the boys pass to them. Yes, one of them was Michael. I think having the coach tell the boys to pass to him really pumped him up. He stayed on top of everything . . . defense he was all over his man and even got two rebounds. It did help that he was guarding a boy half his height but regardless the rebounds were his! He even stole the ball once and got caught up in the mix of a couple of jump balls. This was amazing because he usually just lets the other person have the ball. He is such a nice kid!

Then, for the most memorable moment of the game. . . He threw the ball into a player from the sidelines on their side of the court, ran and got open, had the ball passed to him, caught it, ran all the way down the court with the ball, stopped, shot and MADE IT!!!!! Yes, it was his first basket in a game and it was awesome! Hopefully next time around he can make a basket in the correct hoop but we take what we can get. It was an awesome game and Michael was on cloud nine the rest of the day. We might just do this again next season. Way to go Michael!