A while back, I mentioned that I was doubting the future of soccer for our family--less is more, and all--but I've backed off on that, of course. Here's the plan as of now: Both girls are going to stick with their same teams again next year. KLD loves playing with her friends, and they'll be moving to a new league next season. MRD has really loved this spring with a great team and two awesome coaches, and she's turning out to be kinda great at soccer (I'm still waiting to find anything that she's not great at!), so we're in for another year.
At this point, I'm thinking that JPD's going to take his kindergarten year off from soccer. As the years go by, I am more and more convinced that early-age organized kids' sports is pretty much a total waste of time, at least for someone so active and athletic as JPD, with a bunch of siblings to play with. Learning to listening to a coach, staying with the group, and having fun with friends (kids and parents) are all good reasons--but for us, I'm not sure that those are enough benefit to warrant having one more thing to be late to on Saturdays! :) (I'm working on my whole tardiness thing, really!). And I'm thinking that JPD might really love hockey for a year or two, until he's old enough for basketball and football. (Plus I really miss hanging out in the freezing rink with a toddler climbing under the bleachers, and spending half an hour before and after each game and practice getting my hockey guy's gear on for him!)
In the meantime, everybody's swimming...stay tuned for lots of pics from the first meet!
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