The Busy-ness of Spring (with videos!)

This phase of life we're in now is so FULL. Some days I can't believe how quickly the time went by. Other days I can't believe how it dragged on. Some days I'm not at all sure how we packed so much stuff in, and other days I don't have any idea what we got done. The kids are getting older and they all want to do their own things and have their own activities.

Our newest endeavor is putting Andrew in TaeKwanDo. Since he's 5 now, we wanted him to have a choice of an extracurricular activity. Between taekwando and baseball, he naturally chose the one where he can kick and punch things and pretend to be a ninja. He was so so excited he could learn karate. And after 3 classes he is still excited to go. Thankfully, the teacher has issued a rule that he is not allowed to kick or punch people/ animals/ objects outside of class. I think he will learn so much more than he realizes: self control, balance, patience, and other ways to deal with his frustration.

So Taekwando is on Thursdays, the same day Leah is taking her dance class. So we take two 15-minute trips (one-way) that day. We are at least done with our Classical Conversations homeschool group now-- that took up our whole Tuesday, but now we go to Homeschool Soccer on Tuesday afternoons. Wednesdays are AWANA at church. And somewhere in there we fit in school work and piano practice for both Leah and Andrew, and physical activity outside and stories and baths and doctors appointments and whatever else life throws our way.

Leah is doing amazing in dance. She takes jazz and tap this year and I have seen so much improvement over the course of this year. She really has potential and she really seems to enjoy it.
I will share a video of her recital once that comes around. However, her little sister also loves to dance. And she watches. She watches carefully. She loves to go and see Leah's dance class. We plan to enroll her this fall, but for now she dances on the sidelines. And she knows every move.

And we have another dancer, too. The littlest brother is constantly moving. He loves to jump in his saucer. He loves to kick his legs and flail his arms around. He is so close to crawling. He can scoot and roll his little body all around the floor and rarely stays in one place. He is never content to stay still for long. He gets in the bath and thinks the goal is to kick all the water out of the tub. We are in for trouble once this kid truly starts crawling and walking!