Take Me Out Of the Ballgame....

This weekend is Annalina's t-ball tournament. And she couldn't be happier. Not to be playing t-ball, but because the season is almost over! She has been a bit bored this year and here is what she had to say about it when I asked her. "I like the part where you hit the ball and run, but I don't like the part where you have to use the mitt". She gets very bored when she is out on the field and has a tendency to pick grass, play in the dirt and do various yoga poses rather than pay attention to the game. She is only seven, so I suppose I understand. But I am torn about how to feel. I love to watch my kids play sports. Whether they are good or not, I love to see them try! Although if she chooses not to play next season, which she has told me is the case, just think of all the evenings and Saturdays that will free up! I think I will take the registration money(if I can find it in the budget) and sign her up for a couple of community classes. She loves the Yoga class and has shown interest in taking the begining Karate class. The photo below pretty much sums up her feelings about t-ball.
She also is not sure she wants to play soccer in the fall. Her comments on that one were, "you have to run a lot, and it makes me tired". Sounds like a teenager thing to say does it not?? We play soccer at the church. It is not sponsored by the church, but someone organized a soccer club and word spread and now there are over 130 youth playing there in the huge church field. And while the Hillsboro Soccer League charges $100 per player and has required fundraisers, this little group charges about $3.50 for t-shirts for the kids so we can tell the teams apart! Joseph is old enough to play this year and so I am trying to decide whether to sign him up on his own or just pass this year on the whole thing. As it stands, the final Anatomy & Physiology class I will be taking in the fall will be an evening class, so it might be just as well if we hold off a year on the soccer.

We are starting swimming lessons in a couple of weeks. They are a bit tough on our budget and I almost decided to pass on that this year, but Richard thinks its really important that the kids learn how to swim, and he is right. So just one session this summer and Joseph is SO very excited! I told him classes start after school gets out. He thought I was talking about his school and was a bit bummed out when I didn't take him right down to the pool the day preschool let out. So that will be a highlight of the summer. I am sure we will find lots of other fun and free things to do too!