We Are the Champions

Yep. They did it. The Pirates won citywide championship.

Earlier in the season, we had a few games rained out. The season was supposed to end on June 8th and the championship was to take place, yesterday. Because of the postponed games, the schedule moved everything to ending to the end. This meant that the kids had to play two regular season games Saturday in the early afternoon and then had to play the final championship at 7 o'clock in the evening. It made for a VERY long day. However, the kids did great and won the first place in the city.



Afterward, the we had a pizza party and the coach handed out trophies and medals.




The team will get to go to district playoffs in July. We have to decide what will happen because James is supposed to go to Kansas for the summer. He is upset about missing both. It's a hard decision for an eight year-old to make. We have a lot to think about.

In the meantime, I will share my ICADs (Index Cards a Day) that I have finished this week. 








I hope your summer is going well.

Comments

Dianne said…
great variety of icads...funny, my feet end up on the coffee table too. I actually really like the 'crooked' dog!
June 16, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Bleubeard and Elizabeth said…
I'm not a coffee table gal. My feet are too short. But I adore your sketches, especially since I can't draw a thing. Tried a snowman once and even that was too complicated for my drawing skills!! Love yours, though.
June 17, 2013 at 9:49 PM
Roban said…
My feet are on the coffee table at this very moment. Your icads are cute, and what a great moment for James as he prepares for the next championship game. I know that's a hard decision for him. I hope he can feel good about whatever decision he does make.
June 17, 2013 at 10:05 PM
Tracey FK said…
I like them all but especially like the bottom two... the flower background is wonderful as is your dog drawing... and congrats on the championship game... hope you sort out the scheduling...xx
June 18, 2013 at 1:49 AM
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