Elliott Light's It Up

Elliott had a breakout game last night! His team was playing a team that was undefeated and whom they had lost to earlier in the season by a score of 28-16. The other team has a girl player who shoots 3-pointers like layups. She came out and hit 3 in a row and their team took an early lead. Elliott plays guard so his coach put Elliott on her. And he shut her down! She didn't score another 3 the rest of the game until the end - when Elliott was on the bench. Elliott played almost the entire game - the coach of the other team was fussing that he played so much (there are rules on how long each kid can play). He took more shots this game than almost the entire season combined. He had 6 points (which was as much as the entire season combined) and he was rebounding, feeding assists, causing turnovers - a real team spark. It was Elliott's steal and assist that lead to their team taking the lead and they never looked back. Elliott was anticipating passes, jumping to steal or deflect passes - he was on fire. Some guy in the stands was yelling out for the team to "get Elliott the ball" and after the game, other kids' parents were patting him on the back! He had to keep laughing at himself when he looked up at me because he knew he was playing like never before. So his team won by at least a score of 36-26 (the scorekeeper was lame and not doing very well). The bad news is he will miss the next FOUR games due to the cruise. His coach said he cannot go! Ha ha. He was so pumped up all night. Now he has his confidence, there is no turning back.

On a less exciting note, I will be turning back to Circuit City to get $10 from them - the UPS battery backup I bought is on sale for $10 cheaper than when I bought it so off I go to re-claim that.

Rainy day here today. Elliott will be home early. Ashleigh has a late play practice. She is feeling much better so that is good. Going to be a good night to start packing...