One sport and one extracurricular activity per school year. That's what my husband recommends for the kids. I couldn't agree more, until they're old enough to disagree with you, and want to do their own thing. Which is what? When they're 3 or 4? Ugh.
Seeing that she's already playing in the local playhouse's adaptation of The Little Mermaid. After many conversations about what type of sport she'd like to do, my 12year old step daughter chooses swimming or volleyball or tennis or... maybe fencing. Fencing? Really? I like it when things move along in life so after a school year's worth of humming and hawing, I inquire about swimming. After hunting down a one-piece swimsuit that's "wedgie-proof" and still girly enough for this very opinionated fashionista-in-training, I find out there are daily tryouts at our community pool. We can stop any day to test her stroke and talk about swim goals.
We've talked about this tryout a few times already. Clearly I don't want to take away from her academics so I wait for a day she comes home and says she has no homework. Which was yesterday.. hooray! I say, let's put your suit on and check it out. Great timing, the weather is perfect and she has 10minutes to get ready.
8minutes later... "I'm really tired." She gives me this look from the top of the stairs, still wearing her day clothes... wait, I recognize that look. Uh oh. She's on the verge of another meltdown. Eek! I cheerily tell her it'll take 10 minutes and she can be back home playing video games in no time. But..."I already took a shower today!" To which I say she can just rinse off the chlorine post swim. And then... it happens. I walk away to get the beach towel and lo & behold, 3 minutes later she is wearing her swimsuit and the biggest frown. Clearly annoyed but she pulled it together enough for us to make it in time and find out she has 3 friends in the same swim group.
Phew! Crisis averted.
She did great, jumped into the cool water and swam her lap for the coach.
She starts on Monday. :-)
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