Friday, February 13, 2009

After School -- Ethan Part 1

I don't get to see Ethan interact with his friends much. It has taken him a while to "find himself" here, but I'm glad he finally has. He now has quite a few friends, several of which play basketball after school any chance they get. I loved watching him play, and seeing how they talked to each other, were rude, yet laughed at everything. He is so much more his own person now than he was before we moved here 18 months ago!

I am probably posting waaaaay too many pictures of him playing basketball...but I love his expressions, his action, etc. Its usually so much harder to take pictures of him (vs. Natalie) without him making a funny face, so I was eating this "photo shoot" up!!!

What they play most of the time is called "knockout," when I played it we called it "bump." If you don't know what it is, here is a "how to," and here is a video.

Both shooting at the same time at the start of a game.


Neither one made it in yet.


Waiting.


He shoots like this from the 3 point line and it cracks me up. I guess its his way of getting some power behind the ball to get it all the way up and into the net!


He shoots...


...and...


...gets him out!




Having a blast!


Getting ready to shoot.




There are times when I can't get over how grown up he's looking!



He's not the only silly kid around!


More tomorrow!

1 comment:

3HappyHippies said...

I love these shots too! OMG that kid can get some air. Im impressed. (lets see if my comments work today, they havent for a while. I type and it just disappears and with my laziness I tend not to try again)