Choosing extracurricular activities for your honey pie's can be so challenging!
Growing up, I took dance, played softball once, and then was on the dance team in high school and that was it!
I think as parents now, we are so challenged and have a desire to put our children into as many extracurricular activities as possible!
I have a little girl in speech who takes dance, gymnastics, cheerleading, and plays soccer! She has an activity every night of the week.
When is enough enough?
DJ and I decided that our girls would participate in one activity at a time. We didn't want to be spending every evening after work driving from one activity to the next. Plus, with three girls, our pocket books can't afford more than one at a time!
Gretchen started dance when she was 3 1/2 years old.
She took a 2 week course in the summer and then continued in the fall/spring.
The next year, she took gymnastics.
At the end of gymnastics, she started soccer. So we did overlap a few weeks!
After soccer, she had swim lessons.
Once I had Adalyn last July, I decided that we would take a break from extra-curricular's at least until football season was over, and I was adjusted to being a mom of three.
I did let her participate in a few weeks of children's choir at church, because she loves to sing, and it was a free activity.
In March, we decided to sign both Gretchen and Megan up for soccer.
Last week was our last session of soccer!
Gretchen's friend took in her class too!
I have always wanted my girls to participate in "girly" extracurricular activities. I'm sure that DJ has a harder time with this, because he wants our girls to be involved in sports.
I am not a "sporty" girl.
I mentioned above, I played softball when I was younger. I played for one spring, and I hated every minute of it!
We let the girls choose their own activities.
I want them to learn whatever sports they choose!
Both girls had tons of fun at soccer!
{Gretchen and Connor}
I think it helped that they had friends in their classes! (Megan was being too stubborn to get in the picture!)
Now that soccer is over, we are trying to decide what the girls will participate in this fall, while still keeping with our "one activity per girl" rule.
DJ did sign up Gretchen for basketball camp at TU, and she did that last week!
Megan really wanted to go too!
I would love to sign the girls up for dance this fall. They've played sports, and now I want them back in something "girly". Plus, I'm dying to see Meggie in a tutu!
Gretchen has mentioned that she wants to participate in children's choir again. I'll probably let her, as long as she cooperates when it's time to go. She really loves performing, and children's choir is a Christ-centered free activity!
But ultimately, I'll let my honey pie's make the decision as to what they'd like to do in the fall!
How do you choose extracurricular activities for your girls? Are their activities more "sporty" or more "girly"?
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