Basketball is underway, and rec games start this weekend. DD2 has only been to one practice - she missed one because of soccer, then went, then no practice due to the holiday, and this week there's a holiday bazaar in the gym so they got bumped again. She's playing against her rec soccer coach, and he's ultra competitive, so I don't think DD2's team will win... but she won't care. She's on a team with her buddies and she will have fun.
DD1 still doesn't have an official coach. I guess the kid running practices is not their actual coach, and she doesn't actually coach at all. She doesn't talk to the kids, just kind of stands there while everyone runs around. It's a total waste of time. The people that run the league seem puzzled that they're losing kids, and that parents don't want to coach. I would be happy to explain to them why this is happening...
I'm assistant coaching DD1's school team, and the kids really seem to be having fun. The head coach is a bit over their heads, teaching semi-complicated defenses when several kids have never played before. Last night he wasn't there, and another mom ran the practice - it was awesome and I wish she'd run it every week. Great drills and the kids had fun. It's a good team, so it will be fun to watch them in an actual game. The only bummer (just for coaches), is that we just found out that we have to get fingerprinted. It's just a hassle to find a place, book a time, and leave work to go get it done. We have until February, but I booked my time tomorrow to just get it done.
This weekend is the end of season playoffs for flag football and the end of season soccer tournament for both older kids. Plus our normal basketball (both older kids) and softball (DD) that's ongoing. So my two older kids have 9 games across 4 sports this weekend, possibly up to 13 games if they advance in their playoffs/make it to the championship game in their tournaments. But somehow it doesn't seem that nuts? Mostly their stuff is at the same close-by locations.
DS1 decided he wants to play baseball in the spring, and I'm not thrilled. People take their baseball super seriously around here. He hasn't played in a couple years, and most of the other kids have made lots of progress between ages 6 and 8, and now that he's 8, there are official tryouts and a draft. DH claims he will practice with him to get him ready, but so far he hasn't done anything beyond buy him a new bat for Christmas. I'm hoping we can do more starting next week, when these other fall sports are over.
Post by librarychica on Dec 1, 2022 9:45:35 GMT -5
DD1 is back at taekwondo 3-4 evenings a week after being out for most of November, between illness, a family trip, a tropical storm, and Thanksgiving. Her first night back was all conditioning and she was so sore the next day, poor kid.
So much taekwondo seems to be good for her — she has a lot of energy and can be very scattered/shy. She works hard in the class, focuses, and is making great progress. Thankfully it’s very close by. Now that she is a green belt through her teacher really wants her to join the sparring class and consider competitions and she is nervous about a whole class of sparring and terrified of competitions. I am not pushing, they’ll work it out amongst themselves, but it’ll be interesting.
DD2 is leaving gymnastics. It was recreational, she has no great gymnastics plans, just something to do. She has gotten so strong while doing it through! She wants to focus on her guitar lessons and have more evening downtime (cool with me, I love downtime) but now she is asking that i do push-ups with her every night to help her stay strong. Lol. I could use the exercise but I didn’t imagine nightly push-ups as part of my parenting routine. 😆
Apparently it was quite the close game, he scored and had 7 rebounds. Luckily my neighbor caught a shot on video. I felt slightly guilty, but then I was fresh enough instead of burnt out tired to help him with his homework after the game and get DD showered.