Sophie has been on a basketball team this winter.. It’s a mixed group of kindergarteners and first graders… They have practice one night and games on another. The rules are a little lax… Dribbling is encouraged but not required, you can’t steal the ball (not very fun, is it?) and the court and hoops and ball are all slightly smaller, lower, etc. Any way… Sophie has been challenged to focus on playing BASKETBALL while she is on the court ( as opposed to whatever she thinks about while chewing on her hair and twirling around the hardwoods while checking out the ceiling tiles) and tonight’s game was a breakthrough for her… 2 baskets and 6 rebounds! Look out LeBron! Take a peek at the video… Even the other team was happy for her!

In other news, we aren’t too concerned if she’s not WNBA ready…she got her first report card this week and it was FANTASTIC. To quote her teacher… “Sophie is a gem.” Well, we already knew that, didn’t we?