what extracurricular activities are your kid(s) doing this year?

Lizzy · Guru

RE: what extracurricular activities are your kid(s) doing this year?

Michele · Senior Member

Both girls are in dance: Anna in ballet and tap and Lauren in jazz and hip hop. Lauren will join the science club during the school year. That's about it but it will take up 3 days of the week already. Plus its hard to keep up between all the birthday parties we get invited to during the year too.

Chrissie · Guru

This fall M2 is signed up for basketball, flag football, swimming, and baseball.

It seems like a lot, but he really wanted to do all of them.

Basketball is Wednesdays for 1 hour, football is Thursday for 1 hour, swimming is saturday for 40 minutes and baseball is saturday for 1.5 hours.

He truly LOVES sports.

He took level one of red cross swimming class in the spring and loved it. So now he is on to level two. After he completes level 5 he can start the competitive swimming league. He is excited about that(so am I!!)

Chrissie · Guru

I forgot to say that he keeps asking me if he can do Karate, so I need to look into that.

Also his best friend signed up for cub scouts, but Michael said he's too busy for that! But maybe at a later date we will look into it.

Dddiii · Guru

Meghan does karate and soccer.

Soccer just started last night.

Karate she does pretty much year round. She kind of sucks (shhh... don't tell her I told you that) but I don't think it's the same kind of karate I see everyone else doing. It's almost like choreographed dance. Best I can explain it. And that is DEFINITELY not her forte.

But I'm SO proud of her for sticking with it. She has a test tonight and I'm not sure she's going to pass. Actually, she's not feeling well today so I'm not sure she's even going to take it. She missed the one last session so I have no idea how long her instructor is going to let her keep getting away with this LOL.

kris · Guru

Jake took karate for about 8 months and it became a fight getting him to go. So, we stopped that about a month ago and he is now enrolled in soccer. He's been practicing the last few weeks and his games just started.

He came home last week so super excited about cub scouts - he was wearing a sticker and BEGGING to go to the meeting. DH was really dragging his feet but Jake's enthusiasm won out and they went to the meeting this last Tuesday and he got signed up smile

Kate has been doing 8 week sessions of very basic gymnastics for almost a year now. We are in between sessions and I bid and won an 8 week session at a real gym last fall so I think we are going to give that a try next.

It's funny . . . kids 2 and 3. By this age DS1 had already done several seasons of soccer, basketball, baseball and was beginning football. We really haven't pushed it with the little kids and just let them decide what they want to do. You can tell with Jake most of those kids have been in soccer since 4 years old and we're just starting but I'm trying not to sweat it (see the IC thread for how I'm doing on not sweating it wink ).

kris · Guru

Dddiii wrote:
Meghan does karate and soccer.

Soccer just started last night.

Karate she does pretty much year round. She kind of sucks (shhh... don't tell her I told you that) but I don't think it's the same kind of karate I see everyone else doing. It's almost like choreographed dance. Best I can explain it. And that is DEFINITELY not her forte.

But I'm SO proud of her for sticking with it. She has a test tonight and I'm not sure she's going to pass. Actually, she's not feeling well today so I'm not sure she's even going to take it. She missed the one last session so I have no idea how long her instructor is going to let her keep getting away with this LOL.

di - I wondered if Meghan was still in karate.

Jake's was Tuesday and Saturday but during summer months they changed it to Tuesday and Thursday and I think it was too close together for him - he would throw the biggest fit when I picked him up and told him we were headed to karate. I would have to force him into his gi and he whined the entire time. I was finally done hearing it. I told him he could tell his Master that he was taking a break if that is what he wanted and he did. So, we're on "break" but I'm not sure we will return.

a_mastermom · Guru

Natalie does Daisies and dance all year round. In the fall, she does cheer, winter, she is trying basketball, spring, softball.

LDSMOM · Senior Member

Rebecca is doing ballet (4 nights a week) and jazz (one night a week). She also has a church activity once a week.

Crystal is doing ballet (twice a week) and jazz (once a week). She also has a church activity once a week.

Kyle is doing taekwondo (twice a week) and scouts (once a week).

Brenna is doing ballet (once a week) and, starting in February, she'll have a church activity twice a month.

Brittany is doing ballet (once a week).

daisy · Guru

a_mastermom wrote:
Natalie does Daisies and dance all year round. In the fall, she does cheer, winter, she is trying basketball, spring, softball.

alicia, what's daisies? is that like brownies? i was considering doing brownies with R - depends on if her friends are doing it i guess. btw i'm not doing anything with cara. i'm taking this opportunity to save the money - i've tried so much in the past and have wasted hundreds.

a_mastermom · Guru

daisy wrote:
a_mastermom wrote:
Natalie does Daisies and dance all year round. In the fall, she does cheer, winter, she is trying basketball, spring, softball.
alicia, what's daisies? is that like brownies? i was considering doing brownies with R - depends on if her friends are doing it i guess. btw i'm not doing anything with cara. i'm taking this opportunity to save the money - i've tried so much in the past and have wasted hundreds.

Yep, it is the youngest Girl Scout group. The troop only meets about once a month and they do crafts and some community service stuff. She really likes it!

kris · Guru

a_mastermom wrote:
daisy wrote:

a_mastermom wrote:
Natalie does Daisies and dance all year round. In the fall, she does cheer, winter, she is trying basketball, spring, softball.
alicia, what's daisies? is that like brownies? i was considering doing brownies with R - depends on if her friends are doing it i guess. btw i'm not doing anything with cara. i'm taking this opportunity to save the money - i've tried so much in the past and have wasted hundreds.

Yep, it is the youngest Girl Scout group. The troop only meets about once a month and they do crafts and some community service stuff. She really likes it!

how old are they to start this? I'm looking forward to doing something like this with Kate.

a_mastermom · Guru

kris wrote:
a_mastermom wrote:
daisy wrote:

a_mastermom wrote:
Natalie does Daisies and dance all year round. In the fall, she does cheer, winter, she is trying basketball, spring, softball.
alicia, what's daisies? is that like brownies? i was considering doing brownies with R - depends on if her friends are doing it i guess. btw i'm not doing anything with cara. i'm taking this opportunity to save the money - i've tried so much in the past and have wasted hundreds.

Yep, it is the youngest Girl Scout group. The troop only meets about once a month and they do crafts and some community service stuff. She really likes it!
how old are they to start this? I'm looking forward to doing something like this with Kate.

Not sure if it varies nationally, but here it starts in Kindergarten.

Lizzy · Guru

kris wrote:
Jake took karate for about 8 months and it became a fight getting him to go. So, we stopped that about a month ago and he is now enrolled in soccer. He's been practicing the last few weeks and his games just started.
He came home last week so super excited about cub scouts - he was wearing a sticker and BEGGING to go to the meeting. DH was really dragging his feet but Jake's enthusiasm won out and they went to the meeting this last Tuesday and he got signed up
Kate has been doing 8 week sessions of very basic gymnastics for almost a year now. We are in between sessions and I bid and won an 8 week session at a real gym last fall so I think we are going to give that a try next.
It's funny . . . kids 2 and 3. By this age DS1 had already done several seasons of soccer, basketball, baseball and was beginning football. We really haven't pushed it with the little kids and just let them decide what they want to do. You can tell with Jake most of those kids have been in soccer since 4 years old and we're just starting but I'm trying not to sweat it (see the IC thread for how I'm doing on not sweating it ).

this reminds me of Andrew when he was 5 - i signed him up for karate and paid a huge deposit and then he wanted to quit like 2 sessions in :shootmenow: what a fiasco that was..

kris · Guru

Liz - one of the reasons I was fine with Jake's karate was because it was a very small fee to start (and that fee included the gi) and $50 per month, no contract.

With DS1 who was in karate for 7 years (at a different school than Jake) there was a large downpayment (1K) and then payments of $130 per month and you had to sign 3 year contracts! I would NEVER have done that with Jake. He just stopped karate this past March - he'd been doing it since he was 7 I think. It wasn't that expensive the entire 7-8 years - just the more he added, weapons, sparring, etc. it all added extra expense. But it was definitely more than $50/month no contract required like Jake's.

-- Edited by kris on Friday 26th of August 2011 01:20:58 PM

Juni · Guru

Ugh. None whatsoever. I am going to see what is offered at his school as an after school program. We will get that info next week. It's terrible because Gavin isn't asking to do anything. I ask him if he wants to do (whatever) and he says no. I *know* he would love some of the things but I don't want to push it. We have a soccer field SO close but we just haven't gotten them into anything yet. They have done swimming in the past and Gavin took a tap class a long time ago that he loved but the community programs are SO far away that it was just too much.

I'd love for him to do gymnastics because I think he'd love it and be really good but he says he doesn't want to and it's expensive so I don't know what to do.

daisy · Guru

Juni wrote:
Ugh. None whatsoever. I am going to see what is offered at his school as an after school program. We will get that info next week. It's terrible because Gavin isn't asking to do anything. I ask him if he wants to do (whatever) and he says no. I *know* he would love some of the things but I don't want to push it. We have a soccer field SO close but we just haven't gotten them into anything yet. They have done swimming in the past and Gavin took a tap class a long time ago that he loved but the community programs are SO far away that it was just too much.

I'd love for him to do gymnastics because I think he'd love it and be really good but he says he doesn't want to and it's expensive so I don't know what to do.

R doesnt want to do anything either. i put her in dance last year anyway and it was hell getting her there - we finally dropped it.

Picture-Perfect · Guru

I love reading what everyone's kiddo's are doing!

Erin I am thinking of looking into karate for Bryson, I am glad Rhys loves it gives me hope! I also need to try gymnastics for him (epic fail the first time but that was quite some time ago) and I need to get him some swimming lessons. He is signed up for 2 day preschool and I think it's going to be amazing for him. He is dying to go to school.

Hannah did swimming all summer and has become quite good at it. She does dance 1 day a week its a jazz hip hop combo class. This is her 5th year and she's pretty good. She's in an advanced gymnastics class that is 1.5 hours every Thursday, i'm thinking she is about to get moved to the next level which is 3-4 hours a week I think. Be interesting to schedule that in. She flips and tumbles and does the splits all over the house it's crazy. We just started soccer and i'm hoping she loves it. She was part of it when she was 4 but it was really a joke so i'm hoping this year will be much better, she is a fast runner and I think she will like it. Gymnastics is all year round, dance is through May and soccer is through November. I don't know what we will pick up for spring, I need to ask her. Alicia, softball sounds like fun has Natalie played before?

LucsMama · Senior Member

So far nothing.... I just started working and I'm still training and not totally sure what my work schedule will be like. Some nights I go in at 6pm and some at 9pm. I don't see DH taking him to any activites only because he is up at 5:30AM for work and is exhausted in the evenings when he gets home. Plus Lucas is so tired when he gets home from school I don't know if he could handle anything else right now.

Juni · Guru

so Gavin decided to-do the theater class at school. If that is full he will do tennis.