february basketball

The boys continued playing basketball through February.  It was fun seeing how much they improved over the course of the season-- and unlike other sports they've played, they enjoyed playing for the whole season!

Christopher

Nicholas

Nicholas

Benjamin

Benjamin

The girls were such good sports- they had to go to EVERY practice and game and never got to play.  Ellie played with whatever she could find and Lexie often got in some extra snuggles with Dad!

basketball fun

The boys all decided that they wanted to play basketball this year so we signed them up to play at our local YMCA.  All three were in different age brackets so we spent A TON of time at the Y between practices and games.  Luckily, the YMCA was able to coordinate it so that practice times overlapped so we were only there for two hours of practice each week!

Nick and Chris had their games on Friday nights. 

Ben's games were on Saturday mornings.  He shoots.... and scores during warm-ups.

Ben's first game-- he was the only player on his team to make a basket!

swimming and baseball.... must be summer

In July, the big kids all did another session of swimming lessons at our local YMCA and Ben FINALLY learned how to float!!

Ben and Lexie were in the same class along with two other kids about their age.  It was amazing to see their progress over the course of the summer.

While Christopher and Nicholas have both done swimming lessons before, everything seemed to click this summer and they grew by leaps and bounds.

The big kids have their swimming lessons over the course of two hours and while they just play in the pool when it's not time for their class, Ellie is stuck sitting on the side and watching.  At least puffs make for an entertaining snack!

We were able to attend a Charlotte Knights (minor-league) baseball game with our church at the new stadium in Uptown Charlotte.  Pastor Jack got to throw the first pitch and we were all there to show our support!

Swimming sweeties :)

Lexie practicing her "airplanes"

They learned the basics of CPR during their last lesson.  I really appreciate how the YMCA lessons cover things like boat safety and basic first aid!

Free time on the slides is definitely the highlight of going to the pool for lessons.