Preparing for Fall and a Return to KR

Our schedules are going to get a little crazy, we have mountains of activities, so we are thinking of cutting back on some of them. Now that school is in, there is school drama that A wants to do, and she will continue with piano with JB as well as karate, which I had incorrectly assumed she was done with. We will start up with tennis in about a week, and in the coming months both of the kids will have robotics classes. As soon as the snow starts to fall, we’ll break out the skis - yahoo!

We are fairly well prepared in this area, and hopefully won’t have to scramble for equipment as we have in years past. Thanks a bunch to Henderson’s, I love that place. N will begin hockey in the next month, which I think has a crazy schedule. He will continue with drums, and has indicated an interest in bongos, which will be fun. He’ll be doing tennis, as well, and in an interesting twist, wants to try out golf.

This is a new development, and one I wasn’t sure how to deal with. As it turns out, the local driving range actually offers golf lessons. I initially learned about it though Hartford Rec Center, but their timing is in conflict with us. I called the golf center and for about the same price he can get individual lessons, so I think we’ll go in that direction. This should be interesting.

Anyway, as I mentioned, some things may have to be put on hold, and for A, that means we’re going to take a break from guitar. She’s not going to stop, just her lessons with EE will stop after this month, and she’ll play on a more casual basis with our old friend KR. We discussed this and worked out a way that the two of them can play so A doesn’t lose her feel for playing guitar. That would be a shame, because guitar is cool, and every kid wants to be cool.

Since school is in, we’ll also have library story hour, and CH is putting together a book club for older kids, so A would enjoy that. I think they’ll put together skating, but that’s always hard to make it to, so we’ll see about that.

Together with school and home life, we have a pretty busy season ahead of us, which is how we like it. The market will continue for about a month and a half, and personally I think that’s a month and a half too long, but what are you going to do?

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Elliot Jordan for the pic.