Ivy joined a basketball team, and because of some miscommunication, she had one practice before her first game last Sunday. Her team is made up of a group of her first grade friends, so she’s having a lot of fun so far.

But she’s small, and because she had only gone to one practice (and a week-long basketball camp this past summer), she wasn’t really sure what she was supposed to be doing during the game.

It was hard for me to watch, in the beginning. It looked like she wasn’t trying, because she was hanging back a lot. But the longer the game went on (it was a whopping 45 minutes long), the more she started getting into it and hustling.

And her sister and brothers? They were so good. Even the little one. Of course, there were some distractions…

She had her second practice last night, and she was so excited to get ready to go and be there.

I’m so proud of her for trying her best and not giving up when things are hard.

What’s something that your kids have done lately to make you proud?

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