Brooke starts kindergarten in 3 weeks and already I have a dilemma. Soccer sign-up for kindergarteners ends tomorrow. I had planned to have her do Gymnastics at the YMCA (which she loves and requested to take again, instead of swimming) but now, I'm not sure if I should:a) tell her about Soccer
b) tell her that her friend Victoria will be playing soccer
c) just sign her up for Gymnamstics and hope she's happy
I know it sounds crazy but I never got to start a sport and stick with it like most kids did. The reasons are many and to be consistent let's stick with an alphebetized list:
a) I'm uncoordinatedb) I'm somewhat handicapped (arthritis) - though probably not so much that I couldn't have tried a little harder
c) I went to 9 (which is not 12 as I've been going around telling everyone but my mother and I counted the other night and it's officially 9) grammer schools
d) I'm slower than molasses - true story - they used to have me run the relay race with acutal handicapped kids - and they would win!
e) just didn't like sports much, all the running, crying, not getting picked, etc.
So I'm hoping my kids have a different experience. So far (thank you God) they don't have to worry about B or C. As to A and D it's a little too early to tell but already they are faster than me but refer back to E you'll realize that's not saying much.
I guess I'll let her pick because then, when she yells at me when she's 13 for not being on the soccer/gymnastics team, I can blame her!
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