My sweet middle child Drew is very intense. She is the peacemaker of the family, and the overachiever.Let me start by listing the kids extracurricular activities:
Gavin
-just trying to get through 8th grade.
-sometimes plays his bass guitar.
-scouts
Gillian
-gymnastics
Drew
-safety patrol
-gymnastics
-track
-math club
-orchestra
-choir
-guitar
-drama club
-activity days
Today was especially difficult for her because she started at 7am catching the bus to the junior high for orchestra. After school she did safety patrol, math club, drama club and then informed me at 6:30pm that she needed to be at the Northshore Performing Arts center for a concert for orchestra (she plays violin.) She had forgotten about it and we barely made it in time. By this evening she was frantically trying to do her homework. I told her to just go to bed and do it in the morning. She was in tears as I saw her smuggling her homework into her room under her robe. She can't bear the thought of not finishing her homework. She also has a hard time passing up an opportunity to do something new. I wish I could spread some of her determination to Gavin. I think that she and I are going to have to have a discussion about thinning out her schedule.
2 comments:
what is safety patrol?
that is a busy schedule.
safety patrol is crossing guard.
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