Millie was asked to play on the St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School basketball team. She doesn't go to school there but if you attend a church in the Deanery then you can play on a catholic school team if they need players. So here we are on yet another team. I only said yes because I knew who the coaches were going to be and we love both of them and she knew all the girls on the team from playing softball and basketball with them in the past. I'm sure some of our family think we are crazy for having her in so much. But with her, it's not about the sport, it's about the social aspect. She is so very shy and if I see an opportunity to put in her in a situation to build her confidence while strengthening friendships, it's a no brainer. Yes, we are over booked. Yes, I'm running the wheels off my car. But she needs every chance she can get to meet and make friends and I'm willing to run myself crazy to help with that. Thanks goodness for mom being around to help and support us, I'm sure Reed would get pretty tired of all this if we couldn't drop him at mom and dad's once in a while so he didn't always have to tag along.
The girls were pretty excited about their first game. It ended up being a low score, just 8-10.
Reed was excited to cheer them on. This is the school he attended PreK at last year so he had some school spirit. I actually played for St. Mary's when I went to school there. I'm glad they don't recall my skills, although I never let that bench get cold.
The game started off well, we were up 6-0 against St. Paul's for the first half. Millie had 4 of those points. Then they came back and had it tied 8-8 with 20 seconds left. We had the ball and our coach made sure Millie had it. I was so nervous! She brought it down the court like a champ and made the layup making it our win 10-8.
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