Playing for fun
Both the kids are playing basketball this season. They love it. Of course, much like Ethan's favorite part of baseball was playing in the dugout, his favorite part of basketball is riding the bench! One time there were only 5 players (the rest of the team was absent) so he had to play the whole game and he would literally come to me during the game and say "I'm tired Mommy! When will it be my turn to sit down??" Ha! There's a little boy on the other team (they play the same team each week) that was on his baseball team and is in his kindergarten class. His name is Elik. Now, you have to understand that every single solitary time that Ethan gets his hand on the ball, he always passes. Never dribbles and shoots. So we are always trying to get him to shoot, shoot, shoot! So in the game this past weekend, Ethan got the ball and immediately starts looking for someone to pass to. There are several kids from his team screaming "I'm open Ethan! Give it to me Ethan!!" but what does Ethan do? He passes it to a big crowd of kids, most of whom are on the other team. Scott and I from the sideline said "Ethan! What are you doing?" and he said "I was trying to pass it to Elik!" and I said "Buddy, he's not on your team" and Ethan turned to us and said "But he's my friend!" So there you have it. It's extremely obvious that Ethan does not have an inherant competative streak....but he loves playing with his friends! So I think we're good.
