Living Life One Cheerio at a Time

She liked dance in the beginning, but then something changed. Towards the end it was like pulling teeth. So right before we dance started this year, we gave her a few more choices. You can choose one...soccer or swimming. We want her to enjoy being active. We want her physical activity to be something she's good at too. If she didn't enjoy dance than we were going to not take her. Her older sister can not wrap her mind around why she wouldn't choose dance. She chose soccer. Its one we took child #1 to a few years ago. But soccer wan't #1's cup of tea at all. Its fairly non-committal at this stage. We just send her in shorts/t-shirt and tennis shoes. NO pads or soccer gear, yet. Just spend 40 minutes running and learning about the game in an indoor facility for 8-10 weeks. And guess what she loved it. After class she didn't want to go home. She couldn't believe it was over. She wanted to keep going. She was dripping is sweat but smiling the biggest s...

*disclosure* {Kristin if you are reading this file it under "Parent of the Year" instead of  "things we know and will hold against them in the future"} I am a great parent-just ask my husband! But sometimes the children have a UNWRITTEN rule conspiracy against me. Making my parenting skills look less than stellar. Recently we enrolled child #1 in a beginner soccer camp. It an hour long indoor-ish class. Didn't know if she'd like it or want to continue so this was a low cost trial camp for her. The great thing is I can see everything going on because there is a 1/2 clear plastic/glass wall between us. That means the babies can watch her too if they were to stay still long enough to do so. PS You can take the girl out of ballet but you can't take the ballerina out of the girl. Kick, twirl, kick jump, kick arabesque. You get the picture. On the first day of class I was there with all 3 kids. Its close to dinner time and the littlest ones are hard pres...