This year we signed the kids up for fall soccer. Last year we didn't and had intended to use the free weekends to go camping but we never did that so this year we went ahead and signed them up. All three a playing and that means two nights a week we have soccer practice and then most of the day on Saturday we have the games. It is good that the games are all at the same location so we literally pick up our chairs and move them from field to field on Saturdays.
We also have started back to church from our hyatus. Sunday school has started and the kids really enjoy that. It was good to be back last Sunday. While we were there we also signed up for their "Logos" program for Allie, which is an afterschool program from 4:30-7pm on Wednesdays where they do arts and crafts, activities, lessons, children's choir, and have dinner. It will be nice because the others have soccer that day and Allie gets bored hanging out on the sidelines just waiting around.
At church we also signed up for Kenneth and I to participate in their "supper club" which meets once a month with 3 other couples and we have dinner together centered on a theme. I figured that it was time to meet more people and this was a great way to do it.
Moving on, Monday, Nicholas had cub scouts and they had signups for a camping trip and we got our schedule of cub scout events for the year. Man is our calendar filling up.
Caroline announced that she wants to do Girl Scouts this year and she will be a Daisy. Yeah, we will squeeze it into the schedule...somewhere.
So, I have now done exactly what I didn't want to do and that is fill our week with activities all the time. It really just seems like that and isn't really that. With three kids they each have two things that they do each week. But when it is all together, Kenneth and I are running raged just trying to keep up.
Okay, before you all tell me "just wait until they are teenagers", I know!! I am waiting but hopefully I will be a bit more organized....not.
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I know that feeling. My kids are overscheduled too but its trying to find a balance between what THEY want to do and what WE want them to do.
And, wait until they are teenagers - then they can drive themselves to these things, or the older sibling can drive the younger one. My mother said the happiest day of her life was when my brother got his drivers license. She didn't have to drive him around as much and he could also drive us around!
hmmmm.....you could always hire somebody as a kid chauffer. :D
don't be so sure about the teen driving rules. i know in MA, you can't have another kid in the car with you the first year (?) you have your license. Makes sense. Unless you are the parent who wants the errands running to be the kid.
Logos is great. My sister runs the program at her church. It will be a good social outlet.
oh, and tell bug hunter to call me when it's girl scout cookie time.
Goodness, you sound just like I did a few years ago when the kids were little. Believe me , when they get older, it just gets that much more hecked. I honestly believe that it is good for the kids to have activities. Just remember to take time to breath!!!!! Hope you and yours have a blessed day.
Laura
It's wonderful that you are exposing your children to all kinds of experiences. They're very lucky though it is tiring on the parents! My job in life is to drive, wait and pick up children and do it all over again in 2 hours.
I'm thankful to do this. The best conversations are in the vehicle. It really brings us closer. Sometimes I forget to feel thankful, though. ; )
Kare, I feel very much the same way. While I complain that I never get anything done at home, I do enjoy the conversations I have with the kids as we are driving from here to there and back again.
OK, count this aunt in for some cookies too, when is that season anyway???? cant wait!!
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