Here's a sideways thought (much to Cindy's dismay, since she's ready to go to bed). Abbey is neither right-handed nor left-handed. She eats one way, writes another, and usually lefts right. Or rights left. Abbey knows no left or right. Quinn is reasonably strongly left-handed, although his best frisbee throw is done with his right. How does this relate to playing the piano, you might ask? Or maybe you didn't, but I think it does. When the notes go up, sometimes Abbey's hands go left. How should she know? Why does down go left? What is left, anyway? Quinn seems to have made this connection instantly. We love them both. Leftly.
Back to basketball, which is why you were here, right? OK, well I'm gonna talk about Girls on the Run. I mentioned it in some previous blog, I think, so I'll just give you the short version this time to save on words. Nobody wants to read a bunch of extra words, left? Maybe I should just go back to Alaska and shut up.
Abbey spent the fall training for a 5k after school with a bunch of girls. And then one cold Saturday morning, she ran (mostly) 5 kilometers. We're so very proud of her.
And now there's basketball. Both kids are playing through the Okemos Community Ed program. Abbey's is a little more extensive, with a few weeks of skills training as a group, and then "non-comptetivie" team play starting in January. There's also a competitive league for girls, but we'll consider that next year if Abbey likes what she gets this year. Why not ruin a good thing, right? At least she can dribble and shoot with either hand. Quinn just has one more Saturday and then his is over until next year.
Quinn's class finally played a scrimmage last week. Most of the kids didn't even seem to know the rules. Quinn's buddy, Cole, is an exception. He's the kid firing the bounce pass to Quinn. Cole's parents are both PE teachers in the Okemos school district. Big Spartan fans. Cole watches sports Quinn's never even heard of.
Abbey's participating in Basketball University, which has focused on individual skills as a prelude to team practices in December. Abbey handles the ball pretty well - with either hand.
I didn't realize that Abbey was that much of a 'mixie' too. I write, eat and brush teeth leftie. I use scissors and dribble a basketball mostly rightie. I can't really bowl with either hand. I often find myself wondering which way to turn a knob to open a door, or to turn a faucet to shut off the water. I can't remember if I ever had problems at the piano remembering which way was up.
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