Jazzmin on the Basketball Team

Jazzmin tried out for her school's basketball team. She missed the initial announcement of who made it on the team as she was absent that day (due to her tooth getting fixed). But on Friday we spoke with the gym teacher and she MADE THE TEAM!!

Jazzmin is super excited to be on the team. All weekend she talked about how she couldn't believe that she made it. I'm glad, now, that I didn't sign her up for band. Band is more expensive then basketball and she's happy doing only 1 of the 2 activities. But she definitely wanted to do something extra after school. Band is $45 a month plus rental (or purchase) in instrument. Basketball is cost of uniform plus a 1 time $30 ($40?) fee. They end up playing 20 games - 10 home and 10 away games. I plan to take half days for the away games during the week. I don't know any of the parents well enough to entrust them with my daughter's safety.

The good thing is, now that she's on the team, it's almost assured she'll get on the team next year. Then in the 7th grade she has to try out for the varsity team in her school. And that's pretty much a guarantee also. I know Jazzmin is really going to enjoy competing against other schools and seeing if she can beat them. She loves the challenge.

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