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| Like this, but with more arm hangy-down. |
It's disingenuous of me to pretend that I don't know how we arrived at Point Crazy. It's all my fault, after all. Here is what happened, and you make the call:
Tai Kwando - We are thrilled that our kid is taking martial arts classes. I'm happy because she is learning balance and discipline; Dad's happy because in the future the kid can "kick some boy's ass."
Choir - Tiger Mother doctrine says that kids must have musical training. Natch, I have the least musically inclined child in the world. She has no interest - none. So when choir came along, with bells and whistles and her girlfriends, snagged that opp. Maybe she'll learn how to read music and thus understand math theory all the better. It could happen.
Scouting - More friends, more crafts, more cookies in a house already crammed to bursting with crafts and cookies. Still, did I mention the FRIENDS? It's all about a group of girls doing a structured activity together, in a world that celebrates cat fights in a beach house somewhere. Yup, sticking with the scouts.
Soccer - Now, here is where things start getting crazy. At this point, I should have said, "No, dear one, you already are involved in enough activities as it is. Let's concentrate on the others, shall we?" And then the thought flashes through my mind : What if Kid is the best female soccer player in the world???? And I wrecked her chance by not signing her up? (Of course, it could also be tennis, or gymnastics. Or curling.)
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| Grab your brooms! Who needs Quidditch? |
Well, no. Actually the thought process was this : What if she has a really nice team, makes some great new friends, learns how fun a team sport can be, and gets good exercise and fresh air along the way? Do I really want to scotch all that?
So, here we are in the drive-thru, and now you know why. Mommy Guilt. Gets you every time.
2 comments:
I hear you. My list is almost identical to yours with piano thrown in for good measure. We did scale back to just one choir this year, so there's that little chunk of time which lets us have Sunday family dinner at least.
I hear you! I've got that x3 - my calendar is so jammed packed I can't even read it anymore. Then to make matters worse, after I wrote everything down on the calendar & was starting to almost get used to the schedule, my daughter's entire dance schedule changed. After 3:30, I basically just become a chauffer & atm machine *sigh* Dinner together? What's that?
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