These are the days of our lives...

Balance. Finding a balance seems to be an ever-increasing difficult task in these times. Doing too much is a bad thing. Doing too little isn't a good thing either. Sports, music, school, church, Scouts, etc. How much is too much?

I've never tried to hide the fact that doing too much makes me CrAzY! I get all stressed which makes me grumpy which makes me short with my kids....which is definitely not a good thing. So I have always tried my best to keep a balance of what my kids want/need to do and what I can reasonably handle.

This year I declared a boycott against baseball season. Last year both of the boys played on teams and Kelly coached (and Kierstyn was his awesome assistant). We were at the ballfields 4 nights a week and often very late on school nights. It was just too much. It took some convincing on my part but I finally won. :)

But then Kierstyn came home from school with a flyer wanting to play volleyball at the Y. And when I looked at the flyer, I noticed that Trevin could play soccer there too. (Same place, same Sat. games, etc.) So I signed them up. Oh, and in the meantime Kierstyn tried out for the Spring Musical at school....and made it.

Yesterday I finally sat down with volleyball, soccer, and play practice schedules in hand to fill out my calendar for the next 2 months. Yeah, it pretty much looks like someone threw up on my calendar. :) Don't forget to add in piano lessons, the Spring Concert, the Cultural Dance Celebration in Atlanta that Kyler is participating in, wrestling, and Scouts. And the fact that Kelly is gone for the next 3 weeks.

But I have decided that this is ok for now. These are the days of our lives....they are busy and boy are they full, but they are busy and full with good things. As long as I keep things in perspective (and give myself the occasional attitude check) I think we are going to be just fine.

And so last Saturday we began our sports Saturdays. Trevin played in his first ever soccer game and was fast as lightning out on that field. After the game Trevin asked his coach if he could play goalie at the next game. The coach's response: "Absolutely NOT! We need you out on that field!" :)And Kierstyn played in her first ever volleyball game. She served it over the net twice(!) and was good at calling "Mine!" when the ball came near her. I should add that she is the smallest on her team; she is playing with 10-13 year olds!
It really is fun seeing my kids try new things and discovering what they like and don't like. I love having my whole family cheer on the one who is participating. These are the days of our lives...and I love them!