So spring soccer season has drawn to a close. Life resumes some normalacy for the next few weeks until school is out. We have been busy with soccer, warm weather that has let us picnic outdoors and go swimming (well until this cold snap we got the other day) and we seem to have been on the run every day for the last 2 months.

It was cute tonight, we went to a BBQ and someone asked what I did and I said I was a stay at home mom... my five year old says "No you aren't Mommy, you take me and Sissy to school, you pick us up, you take us to soccer, you take us to the river, you take us shopping." The ladies at the BBQ all laughed and I had to concede I am rarely a stay at home mom I am a running kids around mom

It was so cool to watch the kids get their awards tonight and their trophies. They had a great coaching team. I will miss soccer next year. The baby does not want to play soccer and my daugher doesn't want to be on a traveling team and because of her age group and our rural location she would have to be.

So if the baby has her way I am going to be a dance recital mom. She wants to do dance. My 12 year old thought that sounded fun too so we'll see about the cost and all and do what we can do.

I have to go find a volleyball net that is portable that we can take to the river with us. My daughter had tried out for her school volleyball team but didn't make it because she had no idea what she was doing. I played volleyball way back when, when I was in hi school, so between what I can remember and info from the internet I am going to work with her over the summer in learning how toplay so she can try out again next year and maybe make it.

So all this stuff for kids to do along with school and a conversation I had earlier today with another mom... we expect so much of ourselves and our kids these days. My baby is in kindergarten... gone are the days of colouring pictures and taking naps. Our kindies are leaving kindergarten reading and writting and doing basic math. Things that kids use to not do until first grade. Add to it all the activities like soccer and dance... we are going to have burned out kids by the time they reach high school.

I know that there is a whole group of people who believe that this is what we have to do if we want our kids to be successful in life... but what about just letting them be kids? It's to the point where even when I have the kids out doing 'fun; stuff I am thinking how can I make this a learning experience? We went to the river last week. (Look for pics on my webpages) and I had the girls guessing how deep the water was (inches and feet) and looking at plants and trying to identify them...Ugg somedays I hate that I can't just let go and just let them have fun without making them think about what they are learning in their play time.

So enough of that ramble. It is getting late and I have things I want to get done so I am off to do what I can do before I go to bed...