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I haven't posted about Jaxon's bball team at all. Just before Blythe was born Jaxon tried out for a 4th grade competitive travel team. He made it of course and that plunged us into a winter and spring of what I will fondly remember as the 'tour d' raleigh'. Jaxons practices were on the most southern side of the city and Taye's swim was in the most northern part. The distance between the two is not for the faint of heart. 

Nor was the team. The coach never communicated with the parents, the parents all bossed their kids and the coach and the refs from the sidelines  (except for Tyrone-  he played division 1 football and basketball and he doesn't say a word other than nice shot! or way to hustle! - if he has a suggestion for Jaxon he saves it for a conversation at home- and that should be a lesson to everyone. ) Some games were so tense I'd do a quick emergency exit check just in case. 


In the end half the team bailed on the nationals trip because some parents thought the team wasn't good enough- and they weren't. 

Chalk it up to an expensive but great learning lesson. We are going to try a new team in the fall! 
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