There is nothing new going on at our house. Not a bad thing, just means there isn’t anything to report.
Football is Nathan’s favorite sport to play and watch. Most of his friends decided to skip fall baseball (which they usually choose) and play football. Even with that, we decided that he would not play this year for a few reasons. Primarily, the orthodontist recommended against it. He said that Nathan’s teeth are at such an angle that if anything were to hit his face/mouth, his teeth would break. I’m sure he made it sound worse than it really was, but we don’t want to take any chances.The second reason is that he would have moved up to the 10-12 year old under tackle division. I don’t know about you, but to me, that is a huge age difference. Some of those 12 year olds are bigger than I am.
I was really worried that Nathan would be disappointed to not be playing. That he would turn into a skulking pre-teen. I could not have been more wrong. I’m sure he misses it, but he has actually been a pretty upbeat kid.
This means that for right now, we have no extra curricular activities going on. It is great. We aren’t running around town everywhere getting home late and eating dinner even later. The kids get to bed at decent times and wake up refreshed and full of energy for the next day. They both are doing great in school. While this isn’t really surprising from Zoey, for the past few years, Nathan could either take or leave school. Last year, I was lucky to get him to read his SI For Kids and Calvin and Hobbes books. This year is completely different. One of his best friends is in his class and he seems to really like his teacher. He’s excited about the projects they are working on and has been reading constantly. I have my fingers crossed that the whole school year is this easy.
Are you involved in any activities this fall, or just taking it easy?
Does trying to settle into a new house count? That’s the main thing going on here.
Sadly, my continuing finger recuperation means I must take this semester off from karate, so outside of going to watch my roomies play softball three nights a week, there’s nothing regular on my calendar outside of TV and DVD watching
I’ve taken on a new baby at Davis Day Care. He’s only two months old and a whopping NINE POUNDS. He’s so little. With four kids all day, adding two more after school, I don’t really have time for much else.