School starts in a week. I am mourning the loss of summer. Today marks the beginning of the kids extra-curricular activities. William has a soccer tournament this week. Lizzie (who now spells her name “Lizi”) starts Irish dance again today. Anna is trying a rock climbing course starting next week. She is really excited because it is a 12 week course which is about her threshold for learning a new skill. She doesn’t like to do things for long, but she doesn’t want to be considered a quitter. Sam has volleyball tryouts this week and is excited for a new year of athletics. And William and Anna, our last ones to play and instrument, are resuming piano lessons next week. We have a veritable graveyard of string instruments that makes me sad every time I look at them.
We have friends that moved to Washington D.C. and decided to quit all extra-curricular activities for the two years that they are there and just travel on the weekends together as a family. It sounds so amazing. And so unifying.
Since we are talking about extra-curricular activities, I must share my favorite photo I have ever taken of my kids doing their stuff:
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