Team Sublett seems to have fallen into a rhythm. There’s not been any real drama, no major announcements, nothing absolutely earth-shattering to report. 2012 has been pretty quiet, which is just fine by me.
Isaac and Annabelle are playing basketball through the YMCA. Their teams are both 0-2, which is a bummer. But they’re learning the game and having fun. You should come watch them play some Saturday. Neither of them has scored a point yet, but they are defensive specialists. It’s kind of funny listening to the young PSU students coaching Isaac shout instructions to him! We’re working on basic English, and they’re calling out advanced basketball terms to him! He gets the basic idea, though.
Kim’s latest endeavor has been teaching the Chinese to play Settlers of Catan. They all like it, but Annabelle LOVES it! She gets the giggles when Kim agrees to play after supper. I’m pretty sure that Kim wins almost every game now, but Josie won in her first attempt. She had no clue what she was doing, no strategy, no plan. Has anyone else noticed that first-timers seem to win pretty often?
Our Team Sublett daily Bible time is still going strong. Levi missed this morning, as he had to be at the school at 6:45 for a field trip to the Holocaust Museum in DC. (He said the whole experience was pretty disturbing.) I’m realizing that King Solomon dropped a lot of knowledge and wisdom on us his one-a-day writings (one chapter each day, 31 chapters, there’s your month.) I’m encouraging the children to either latch on to a single thought that really stands out or look for the big picture. Kim said today that she’s glad we’re doing this, that it’s the best thing we’ve done as a family to grow together.
That’s pretty cool, dontcha think?
4 Comments
Cheryle Touchton · January 17, 2012 at 11:18 am
Who needs English in Basketball? I could never hear what coaches were yelling at my son but I always knew what they wanted him to do. The Touchtons are in a rhythm in State College and Team Sublett has helped with that. thanks
stacy · January 17, 2012 at 2:10 pm
It’s our pleasure! Rhythm is a good thing.
Cathy Holsing · January 17, 2012 at 11:26 am
When Mark was playing soccer, he had one coach who always yelled what I thought was “Mark, up”. I always thought he meant Mark was out of position and needed to move up on the field. Turns out what he was saying was “mark up” telling all the players they needed to closely defend an opposing player. So Isaac is probably getting the message just fine 😉
stacy · January 17, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Ha! I’ve thought about that exact scenario, Cathy!