Tee ball, Over-commitment, and a Full Year Since My Last Post

Ya know how you tell yourself, "I'm not going to over-commit my kids' schedules.  We'll just do one activity at a time," but then you realize between the 4 kids you are actually signed up for tee ball, soccer, ballet, and swimming?  That is me right now.



One of my sisters has been missing my blog.  And Sadie and Pop.  So for those three people, I'm going to start blogging again--because I love them.  And it's fun to look back through the old blog posts, even if I never print them in a book.



Tee ball is intense.  INTENSE.  Fourteen games in 8 weeks, plus practices.  Holy moly what have I done. 



Lucy and Elliot don't hate it.  I mean, they whined and complained the entire way to the initial "evaluation" day and were scared to step onto the field.  But I'm proud of how they've both embraced this inevitability in their schedule! 



They've won the first two games.  Their coach is fabulous.  He's a high school coach and a father of four young kids.  He's patient, but no-nonsense. 













Oliver LOOOOVES soccer. 



I accidentally volunteered to coach his team (with my friend Jen) when no one else would step up.  Watching the college student literally read from the script the YMCA had printed out was painful, and I can't tolerate it another week.  I can read from the script at least as well as that guy.  It's only 5 or 6 weeks anyways.






There's a playground at the YMCA near the soccer fields, which is so nice because the other kids can play while Oliver's having his "soccer-ball" lesson.




Ballet seems to be going well.  Lucy likes it. 



She does it with her friend Lilly.  I'm excited for the recital coming up in 2 months!



That's all.  Thanks for reading!  I'll be curious to see if I can manage to get another blog post written after this one!  We'll see.

Ballet Through the Window

Oh my goodness I have so many posts, lined up ready to go.  I'm sorry if this is blog-overload, but prepare yourself for about a post/day for the next couple weeks. 



My energy level during the first trimester was approximately zero.  So even though I took some photos here and there, it seems I ran out of energy in the evening to post them! 



So some of the upcoming posts will include pictures from the last 2 months.  But actually, this post is all current.  These were taken yesterday at ballet lessons.



Lucy's teacher (Miss Michelle) is somewhat hard core in the sense that she doesn't really like moms standing at the window watching (I'm told this is not unusual). 




So all these photos were taken, standing at the window (or through the doorway during potty breaks), in stealth mode.  That's why there's glare in some of them. 



Lucy seems to really enjoy the class while she's in it. Later she usually tells me she didn't enjoy it at all. 


But during the class, she really seems to be into it. 



She's in there with two little friends, Chloe (from gymnastics) and Ashlyn. 



I showed Lucy these pictures, and she told me, "Chloe always laughs, and me too!"

 

Lucy cried when it was her turn to show off her turn.  I couldn't hear what was going on, but Miss Michelle had her come sit beside her--I guess to gather her courage.  
 

She didn't seem to love taking her turn, but she did it. 
 

Here is a rare, non-hanging-on-mommy picture I managed to get of Oliver.  Despite the toys I bring with me, the boys usually just want to hang on my legs during the class.



I'm glad it's just a summer class. 

 

I don't know if we'll continue in the Fall. 


But it sure is fun seeing her be a little ballerina for an hour every week.