“Get’cha Head In The Game”.

Throughout the year our Youth Center on base (this was true in Misawa as well) offers organized practices and games of several sports—football, American football, basketball, and softball. I am always a bit hesitant to sign up because a lot of games are held on Saturdays, which kind of makes it hard to go anywhere exploring on weekends. Basketball is played November-February with no Saturday games or practices, so, since Alex was begging to get involved, we decided to sign him up.

For six weeks, Alex just had practices once a week, and then games were added on top of that. He was on the team of 7-9 year old boys.  Alex LOVES playing basketball. He loved being part of the team! And he also got a lot better at dribbling the ball, passing and making the basket. He still did not forget to add a little dance on the court when he had a spare minute…

Finally, on March 1st, we had a closing ceremony for basketball, where all the players got their medals and t-shirts.

This is our coach, who is actually one of the colonels on base.

Here you go, Alex, another trophy to your collection.  Cannot wait till he plays sports with score keeping and real awards.

And a t-shirt to remember Alconbury basketball.

“Next year, I am doing basketball again, for sure!”.

Here is team “Magic”. We are grateful for people who volunteer their time to make it possible for our kids to play sports and have so much fun!

And since we are talking about Alex, here is a quick update on him. This winter, when Alex was not playing basketball, playing the piano or doing homework, he was reading. This kid…seriously…I think he wakes up with a book in his hand and goes to bed while reading his book. I am trying to teach him not to read while eating breakfast.  I usually don’t mind when he is reading books, but when it’s Harry Potter series for the fifth or tenth time…I do mind. So I am still searching for fictional books, that he’d get into like he did into “Percy Jackson”. He loves those “I survived…” books that tell you about how people survive during different natural disasters and non-fiction but he needs variety.

Alex is doing very well in his Year 4 (3rd grade) class, being on top of his class in most subjects. He absolutely loves music, and still goes to choir and orchestra at the school before school instruction begins. His headteacher (principal) takes him out, along with couple more students, for a writing session each week, since he excels in writing, but Alex really wants to stop doing that because he misses music when he goes writing. Yeah, funny boy.

I am just happy that he is happy at this Brampton school and loves learning so much!

Cheers for now! I have to go make my lunch now…and then clean our bathrooms. Chores are always waiting to be done even when living in England. This is when I am jealous of my sister’s life in India.