Craziness

I read an interesting article today - it summarized a study that said it is a myth that our kids our over-scheduled. Kids do fine with multiple activities, within reason, but it is the PARENTS who are stressed and overwhelmed. That's funny. And, hits it on the nose!

In the last two weeks, our fall schedule has fallen into place. Both kids are now in activities, different times, and we are now having those conversations, "Okay, you take this kid at this time. I'll pick them up, because this kid needs to be here at this time." Reid is in gymnastics and Jackson is back in swimming workouts. Tuesdays and Thursdays involve different start and end times for each kid. Let the fun begin.

Reid is loving gymnastics. We can't watch her class because of where they are in the gym, but she tells me she is learning backflips. From what we can here - we can hear over the wall - she is having a grand ole time.

Jackson is back in Splash Club workouts. They were on a two-week layoff while the pool was being repaired and were supposed to be back in the pool this week. The pool is still being cleaned and repaired, so they are doing dry land workouts - aka, running and playing games. But, it is a workout.

Tonight, we start back in the school-year routine for Wednesdays at church - dinner, children's choir, and AWANA. I am helping with pre-school children's choir, which really comes down to herding cats. They have changed the children's choirs this year to a program that divides the kids (they were all together last year - pre-school through 5th grade) into three age divided groups. Jackson's group (3rd-5th) will be working on learning more about music, including reading music. Reid's group will be working on learning the basics of music - beat, soft/loud, etc. They will also be learning songs that will build into a musical at Christmas.

We are headed to Denver this weekend to visit the Knight family, a family we went to church with who recently moved out there. We are flying out on Friday and coming home Monday. This will be Reid's first flight, so it will be interesting to watch her. I think she will enjoy herself.