February Sports/Hobbies/etc.

[186momx]

What's everyone up to this month? 

[mae0111]

Dd2 starts her official indoor season on Saturday evening. I think I will have to miss the game to pick up DD1 at a birthday party. All of the parents are super annoyed with the club because they took too many kids onto the roster in the fall - 17 players for 9v9 play. Parents are pushing the club to drop kids but you pay for a full year. I’m keeping my mouth shut - I don’t want DD2 dropped. Her town travel team has been practicing but her coach keep forgetting when their time slot is, so they’ve missed a couple. I hope that isn’t a sign of things to come 🙄

DD1 went back to the ortho and she is not cleared to play. She was pretty annoyed. She needs to start physical therapy. I was hoping she would kind of work out her upper body on her own to prep for softball season, but I don’t think she will.

Dd2 is supposed to start basketball playoffs this weekend. Since none of the coaches loaded their game results into the app, I have no idea where her team placed, but it has to be near the bottom. I doubt they’ll make it past the first round. I think she’s ready to be done with basketball.

[waverly]

On Sunday, one of the dad's at DD's soccer game asked me where DH was and I said basketball... Anyway, they saw each other at the birthday party later and the dad said he wanted to do a zoom call with the coaches about his concerns. DH didn't agree or disagree, but did give the guy his phone number.

I have a lot of concerns about this zoom call. First, I feel like if this guy has an issue then he should reach out to the coaches directly instead of doing a zoom call with other parents. I am afraid if DH attends the zoom call then it looks like we are backing the guys concerns.

His concerns are the position that his daughter plays and cancelled practices. When we had concerns about DD's position, we reached out to the coach. She tried DD in another position, and it didn't go that well. So I told DD hey you can play goalie here or try another club but this coach is going to put you in as goalie.  His daughter is now a defender and is doing really well in that position.  That is why the coach puts her in that position, so I feel like if he wants her as a forward then he can ask the coach, but may get the response of we really need her in this position because she does a really good job here.  I don't see what we have to do with his daughter's position. 

I also don't really have an issue with cancelled practices because it only happened twice and once was weather related. Plus this guy was never THAT friendly, so I feel like he is only trying to be friendly now because he wants something.

I do appreciate that he wants to talk to the coach. But I don't see why we were told about it at all or why he wants a zoom call or why he wants other parents on the zoom call?

[librarychica]

waverly, I’d feel the same.

I know this is for the kids but I am very proud of me. I’ve been wanting to learn to paper quill and the library is having a class Saturday so I am, gasp!, going to make the time to attend a thing by myself with neither spouse nor children!

For the kids, DD1 and I will resume our aerial yoga now that we have emerged from Covid cave. DD is also running again to prep for middle school track tryouts.

DD2 is doing well with piano and is finished with the school play. She did well, we are very proud. Her father has been helping her learn tennis at the local park and she wants to try playing with other kids so we are going to try and make that happen. The spring session starts end of February/early March.

[waverly]

librarychica, the coach just sent out the handbook again which basically said we are not zoom calling with anyone, if you have issues you can send an email LOL. Also, in the handbook it says we don't care about your opinion on your daughter's position (in professional language).

I'll forward it to DH and say guess no zoom calls are happening. This guy tried to get one happening on Sunday night, and they were "not available". Duh, because they aren't doing your zoom call where you try to gang up on them.

[186momx]

librarychica, go Momma!
waverly, I also wouldn't want to attend that zoom call.

We ran into some mean girl drama yesterday at the meet. The littles(8-10yrs) told DD she looked like a clown. DD used flasher eyeshadow than what she normally wears. It matched the emerald/turquois leotards, and she normally is a nude kind of kid. Then during awards DD didn't place and one girl who did shoved the medal into DD's face and told her she was better than her. DD spent the rest of awards with her knees pulled up and in a little ball and her head down. I was upstairs and felt horrible. Then in the parking lot a few of the girls DD age sarcastically told her how good she did as they clinked their own medals. My sister was with us and once we got out of ear shot said that the b$tches need to learn how to not say anything it they can't be nice. My only suggestion was to talk to the coaches after practice is over and everyone has cleared out. The coaches were coaching the next session so no adult supervision during any of this.

On the other hand, we went and watched the optional girls on Saturday and they let DD sit with them during awards and 100% included her. Then all the 7s and DD sat together and cheered on the 8s. This momma had a fun day hanging with my peeps and I didn't feel on edge or that I had to watch my P&Qs. The weather was amazing and my legs are not happy from all my barefoot beach walking.

[xctsclrx]

My little people have a new hobby. DS is 9 and has been doing jiu jitsu since September and DD is 5.5 she just started 2 weeks ago

[mae0111]

DD2 and I have been talking about her spring sport at school. I had encouraged her to try out for the school play, and do something less strenuous for her spring sport because she's already playing on 2 soccer teams. She talked about yoga, or maybe I would get her a waiver for school sports since her soccer would run 5 days a week (3 practices and 2 games).

She came home and announced that she signed up for... lacrosse. She HATES lacrosse. WTF DD2?? I almost cried. She plays so hard and insisted on doing both soccer teams this spring. I knew she'd miss most soccer practices after being too tired from lacrosse. Not to mention the pounding and overtraining.

I asked her why, since she told me that she didn't really like lacrosse. Turns out that her teacher is the coach and several of her friends signed up. But her BFF is doing an art class instead... so DD2 switched and is doing art instead. I'm relieved. It would just be too much for her.

[twinmomma]

We are all theater, all the time over here! The girls are in the school play so they have rehearsal most days after school. DS is also in his school play so he'll have rehearsal a few times a week but we don't have his official schedule yet. And over winter break, the girls will go to theater camp for the week with a performance at the end. The girls are also going to start up their Saturday musical theater classes again in the spring. Due to the holidays and illness, we ended up missing more than half of the winter session so the teacher said we can just roll tuition over to the spring session instead.

xctsclrx, DH really wants to get DS into jiu jitsu! He used to do taekwondo but got bored with it. He absolutely loves play wrestling with DH, so DH wants him to put that energy into something real.

[sdlaura]

DD's winter basketball season ended Sunday, and DS1 has one more game this Sunday. Then DD tries out for the school basketball team next week (and we're sure she'll make it - it's more a question of will they get enough girls trying out to make a full team, or have to recruit some girls who haven't played before, like they did last year). Grade 5/6 basketball is the only elementary school sport in our district.

DD is on two spring softball teams - the league requires that you play on a rec team if you also want to play on the competitive team in spring. She's also on a spring flag football team with friends - her softball throwing arm transfers well and her nickname is "Cannon" - it became a joke after multiple opposing team coaches said something like "that girl's got a cannon"

DS2 is playing arena soccer and enjoying it. I don't like that the games are all at 8 am Saturday, but oh well. He's also doing spring baseball with a bunch of friends from school.

DS1 is playing spring baseball as well. DH goes to all the practices for his team and DD's rec softball team to help.

DS3 does swim lessons twice a week at school (YMCA preschool so there's the YMCA pool there, and the preschool has a program to take them to swim and back from preschool if you sign up and pay for the swim lessons, so that's awesome that I don't have to run him there and back).

[xctsclrx]

twinmomma , my kiddos seem to love it. It's sometimes difficult to watch because they are legitimately grappling. My son's self confidence has improved drastically in the few months he has been doing it.

My husband used to be an instructor for the martial arts Marine Corps program so he is excited to get back and make this a family affair.

I did basic grappling in the Army but DS has already surpassed my knowledge. He can't do anything to me because I have 100 lbs on him but the knowledge is there

[madringal]

DD1 had a fantastic Sectional meet. Didn't quite get the times or places she was hoping for in her individual events at finals, but they got the HS cut in the Medley Relay and the Sectional title in the 400 Free Relay - so she will swim those at state. And, as the lead off in the 4FR she got her 2nd Speedo Sectional Cut! And, as a bonus, her team won its 25th consecutive conference title! HS state is this coming weekend! Oh, and as the free leg of the MR, she split 23.72 - that is freaking HAULING!

[dglvrk2]

DD1 wraps up school volleyball next week. She wants to continue playing in some form throughout the winter and spring. She's trying out for a club in a few weeks. If she makes it, practices and games are an hour + away three days a week. If she doesn't make it, there's a six-week two nights per week clinic in April and May that is closer to us.

DD2 is having a really good year alpine skiing. She was invited to move to a more competitive racing team last year, but opted to stay with her current group. She doesn't want to race gates and is enjoying her coach and teammates. She's slowly warming up to cross country skiing too.

DD1 will resume sax and flute lessons once volleyball is over. I would like DD2 to resume piano lessons, but I need to find a suitable teacher.

[madringal]

DD1 and her team did fantastic at her HS state meet this past weekend. She earned her first HS state medal and is just thrilled. It appears she is up for a few All American considerations, perhaps team MVP, and team Most Improved award (for the 2nd time in a row).Her placing at Conference, Sectionals, and State also have her on the All Conference team. Huge accolades, and I am just so proud of the work she has put in. Without the All American designation, she is looking at an additional 8 patches for the back of her letterman's jacket. And that's if we double/triple up on titles from meets. She had 6 last year, so it is filling up quick. And she still has 2 years to go!

[k3am]

DS's spring soccer team doesn't have a coach. I was going to volunteer to help with that, but then found out about new mandatory skating sessions for DD and now I have no idea how I make everything work.

DD now has edge class on Tuesdays, a private lesson, power class, and freestyle class Wednesdays, and sync on Thursdays.

So if anyone can figure out how to clone myself, that'd be fab.

[mae0111]

I filled in for DD2’s club soccer coach at her indoor game tonight. They lost, as expected. They are playing up and the kids on the other team were so much bigger and stronger. I wish I had a chance to take a photo - one of our kids was literally up to the belly button of one of their kids. But the loss wasn’t as bad as expected.

I’ll tell you what though, it’s a lot easier to coach basketball than soccer. This league has subbing on the fly, not on whistles. So trying to get the kids equal time, while doing it strategically so as not to give up another goal while doing a line change was tough! I do not envy their coach.

I have to do it again in 2 weeks. Yikes.

[186momx]

DD had a really good meet yesterday. PRs on bars, beam, floor, and all around. She is chasing a 35.0 all-around score, and she might get it as yesterday was 34.55. Head coach told her to just keep getting 33 all around scores and all would be good but the gym policy is to move up you need a 35 and DD said she wants that 35 so there isn't drama about her moving to level 5.

Last regular meet is Friday at 11:45, then state on the 16th of March.

[librarychica]

My child, 12, brought me home a list of trial times for track and field tryouts and I have no context. Good luck, kiddo.

In other luck, this was the worse series of communications I have ever experienced at the school. The flyer they kept texting out had all the info you’d need, for trying out for volleyball last fall. Then they corrected that, which had all the crucial info except for any vague time for the tryouts.

Then today they sent out more info with several required forms, due
tomorrow.