Pee Wee Basketball

 Ty had his first basketball "practice" today.  When we told him that he was going to have basketball he told us he didn't want to go...um, that is not what I thought his response was going to be.  I played basketball and volleyball in college so I want my kids to play sports but I am not going to push it if they are not interested but today I was like seriously kid, it's pee wee basketball, you are going to play.  Once we got there, Ty LOVED it!  Ty is the type of kid that needs to know what is going to happen at a new place before he feels comfortable.   We usually have to spend alot of time prepping him and then he does fine.  So Pat and I thought, if we just got him there and he sees all of the other kids, he will be fine.  We were right, thank goodness!   It helped that one of his best friends was there, Grace and Bryson from preschool.  He had so much fun and wanted to play basketball when we got home.  I am not going to lie, I am a bit relieved that he didn't refuse to play today. 

Look at those smiles, they had fun!

 Then there is Taters.  She is too young to join in on the fun but she had fun watching her brother and having her baby watch too.  By the end, she wanted to be playing too!  

When Ty was done, Tatum played a little ball with daddy, it melted my heart. 

I tend to be a little critical of how activities/sports are run for little kids.  But today, I was very pleased with APRD Pee Wee basketball.  There was no competition they were just exposing kids to the sport and letting the kids have fun.  The kids were broken up into six different stations with two coaches at each station.  The groups were small enough so all kids were busy the entire time, there were no kids standing in line forever and they rotated the stations just when the kids were about to get silly.  They made the drills fun and engaging for four and five year olds, it was great!