Things are really starting to get busy around here! Emily has started her dance class--she is in the oldest group of girls this year. It seems like yesterday when she was just starting out in the preschool class:) So far she likes it--she gets to wear tap shoes that have the higher heel on them which she is pretty excited about. Emilly also started band in school. She is playing the flute and has lessons with the band teacher one day each week during school hours. They have their first concert in January--I can't wait!! She is also in girl scouts again and they have their first meeting today after school. Emily also was chosen for a program at school called Children Helping Children (CHC) where she helps kids to deal with many different kinds of problems. It is a real honor to be selected for this group and she is very excited to be involved. They had training all day yesterday for CHC to learn how to be a mediator, how to use open-ended questions to get kids to open up, recognize feeling statement, and many other skills--she is one busy 5th grader!
Nick and Matthew both are in Cub Scouts. They had their pack meeting last week--Matthew looked so cute in his new uniform:) They went to Fort Snelling for a scavengar hunt on Sunday and received a patch for completing the program. They had to interact with the Fort Snelling people who were all dressed up like people of that time--it was really interesting. The boys witnessed a canon being fired which was a big hit! Nick does not like loud noises so he and I stayed far away from the canon while Nick covered his ears tight--poor guy:(
Nick is taking a basketball clinic starting in Oct. and Matthew wants to take karate but I don't have him signed up for anything yet. Both boys (and me) are going to a Fall Festival Cub Scout day camp in Oct. where we get to play games, do crafts, shoot BB guns, archery and other fun things. Nick is also signed up for an Animal Book Club organized through the Humane Society and it meets at the library where they get to read to service dogs and discuss their book club books.
We have all this going on as well as Wed. night religion classes starting next week (I am teaching Matthew's class) AND my school starts on Tues. next week--what was I thinking? Hmmm...I guess I had better put my organizational skills to work or else I will go crazy!!:) Oh yeah, I am also going on two field trips next week (Wed. with Nick to a play and Fri. with Matthew to Gibbs Farm) as well as Emily's 11th birthday a week from today!!! Maybe I am already crazy:)
p.s. I wouldn't miss sharing all these activities with my kids for the world!!!:)
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Sounds fun and exciting. Hope your first day of classes went well. It's scary going back, but you'll soon develop a routine that works. It's healthy for your family to see you doing something that's for yourself, and to help and be there for you as you are for them. And remember...you just need to pass those classes. We all want to do our very best, but sometimes you have to say "good enough is good enough." Just keeping that in mind takes some pressure off. Terri
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