A Boy and his Blog

A little while ago it was my mum's birthday! 😃 For a pre--birthday present, we let her go on a mini holiday for a night to our grandparent's house. The day before her birthday (when she was at our grandparent's house) we watched a movie and had popcorn. 🍿 😋  (No, we weren't celebrating her absence). The next day we cleaned the house and left home at about 10:00am to meet Mum at our grandparent's. The car was packed with boxes (Mum's presents) and other stuff. Because we were going to have a sleepover too we brought our clothes in backpacks, which gets very stuffy in the car if you think about it. When we arrived we said hello (especially to Mum) and later our mum and dad went to a fancy restaurant for lunch. Our grandfather made us all his speciality - salmon toasties. 😍 😋 😍 😋  When our parents returned at about 3:30pm (after a very long lunch) we sat around the living room talking, talking, talking. Sometimes I feel like that's the only thing we ever...

Guess what? A few weeks ago we started basketball training! 👍👌 Mum signed us up for a homeschooling basketball group about eight minutes away from our house. I always thought I was really bad at basketball, but since we've started playing I've become heaps better, I think.  The first day we did some warm ups and a dribbling game; the rules to it are simple. There is a big square painted on the ground and everyone playing stays inside this square. Each person has their own ball to bounce, and as they're bouncing the ball they have to knock other player's balls out of the square. The last person left bouncing a ball is the winner! 🥇 In the first game, I came third. 🥉 Still, better than nothing. After this game we did shooting practice and the coaches told us how to shoot a ball accurately. They said that the way to remember how to shoot is to remember the abreviation 'BEEF'. B stands for balance. You should have your feet in line with your shoulders. E stands ...