Comments on: I swore…

By: Beau

Beau — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:02:30 +0000

I will always enjoy kids activities… nice post by the way. Keeping that childlike heart is so important, especially with kids of your own.

By: Kris Bair

Kris Bair — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:54:07 +0000

I’ve been telling the kids one organized sport at a time for each of them – so they both did soccer (and 4-H which is really flexible in our area) and then Jessie decided to try basketball this winter, which is a blast so far. It will be interesting when spring soccer starts up in April and then Tyler wants to try tball this year. Hopefully it won’t get too hectic:)
Kris

By: warren

warren — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:01:07 +0000

HA! Nice Gary!

By: Gary Dillon

Gary Dillon — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:48:07 +0000

I drug my brats, kicking and screaming, to everything I wanted them to do…like family get togethers, fishing, hunting and camping. And let them drag me kicking and screaming to all of the things they wanted to do…Brownies, girl scouts, baseball, T-ball, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, band, etc., etc,….
Hey, it all worked out, and we even hear from them every now and then.
.-= Gary Dillon´s last blog ..Eagle Day =-.

By: warren

warren — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:16:01 +0000

It’s funny…as I look back on it, the only thing I really wish I had done was take music lessons. All the other stuff is pretty meaningless now. I don’t have many opportunities to play soccer or go rappelling or climbing…but I could always play an instrument. Interesting. Well, we’ll see how things roll. We won’t push the kids into anything but will offer lots of options I suppose.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:55:19 +0000

My parents put me in modern dance when I was six as a fun way to correct a perceived clumsiness. It didn’t work so the next year they tried art lessons which I adored and continued until I graduated from high school. They didn’t work either but I had a great time. My daughter decided to be a ballerina when she was three which I thought was preposterous but found local lessons she could start at four. Instant passion. But I knew how many things could interfere with such a strenuous activity so at about age eight I had her start piano lessons. She was not enthralled and sure enough knee problems ended her ballet career in middle school. We then started our own history group for kids at local museum (costumed reenacting included) which was a fantastic activity until jobs, cars, etc. distracted the kids and we disbanded in senior year. I guess I leaned that you can take a horse to water… don’t push but offer and if your kid isn’t athletically enthusiastic and there isn’t anything else start a group.(We tried scouting but, like my own experience, it became a dysfunctional social group with no meaningful activities.)

By: Ceecee

Ceecee — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:41:17 +0000

Our kids are nearly 18, 15 and 11. When all three of them were involved in some ‘outside the backyard’ activity—they were kept to one activity a piece. That way we weren’t chasing our tails all the time, trying to get to the next activity. As it was, we were often separated when the boys both played soccer. Of course, they never had a game anywhere near one another and sometimes not even on the same day. The only part of soccer that I don’t like is—the day belongs to it. Arrive an hour early to warm up, at some location that might be an hour away. Then 40+ minutes of play. Then drive an hour home. If it falls mid-day, then we really can’t do anything before or after the game.
.-= Ceecee´s last blog ..The Color Purple =-.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:21:53 +0000

We only started the activities once the kids expressed an interest and then kept bugging us about it. Too much time and money to spend on a whim. The kids really like everything they are involved in. My only complaint is that we have yet to sit down and eat a meal at home this week. Maybe Friday all the schedules will align and we can make it happen!

By: Loretta

Loretta — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:10:41 +0000

I had different activities that I did as a kid and I would certainly love Lily to do the same things. But I have told myself if she doesn’t want to then I am not going to make her. I guess in the past year we have experimented. She has played two seasons of soccer and really enjoyed it both times. Last spring we tried baseball but that didn’t go over to well. Too much yelling. I think I enjoyed watching her more than she wanted to play. Today we are trying gymnastics. She actually told me she wanted to do cheerleading which she got as an idea from the neighbor kids. Well I convinced her gymnastics was a good base for cheering. She has been doing headstands and forward rolls at home and is willing to do it everyday. So I figured it was time for real instruction and interaction with other girls. I am somewhat nervous and it is quite expensive too. We’ll see how it goes.

Do you allow them to do more than one thing at a time? I don’t know if we can do gymnastics and soccer.

Oh we did get a flyer from the YMCA for basketball. She said she wanted to go to the Y. I asked her if she liked playing basketball and she said no. She didn’t like getting hot and sweaty. I figure there is more time later for her to learn if she gets interested.

By: warren

warren — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:15:05 +0000

We’re still feeling our way around to find the proper mix of up time and down time. I am determined though, not to lose track of my life because of all of the running that we /could/ do. Anyhow, thanks for your thoughts folks