Ethan is playing on an official Little League baseball team and loving every minute of it! That makes me an official Little League Mom and I'm trying to figure the whole thing out. How do other parents do it if they have more than one child? How are we going to balance family and church life with two practices or games each week? I'm also trying to figure out how two parents who only played sports a little, had a child who can't get enough of sports?! I'm just thankful that no one is going to ask me to coach! I'm also thankful that he has dedicated coaches who will be able to teach him about baseball to his heart's content. I'm sure as far as he is concerned, baseball practice everyday would be great.
As baseball winds up, it will be a summer dance/gymnastics class for Elena and swimming lessons for all . . . It seems like time just keeps going faster every year older the kids get.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Little League Mom
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Could the LL Moms maybe pick up the kids in their obligatory mini-vans on a rota. Monday Mother A, Thursday Mother B, etc etc...
That could work out not only cheaper, and more convinient, but greener too. Everyone's a winner. Or am I being too much of an idealist?
Simon, Your idea is a good and many moms do have such arrangements. The tricky part is finding someone who lives nearby, has their child on the same team and who you would trust to drive your child. And as a "newbie" I'm not quite connected with the other parents yet.
Then there is the whole divide between working moms and stay-at-home moms. It seems that our lives are very different and so our paths rarely cross (although many of my college friends stay at home, so I'm not completely out of the loop). Somehow it is often easier to coordinate with someone who has a similar schedule as me. Truthfully, our schedule is nothing compared to the break-neck pace many families keep these days. Its sort of amazing that I've limited our commitments as much as I have. Other families have sports, music, dance, etc. all year long. It seems like for many kids long gone are the days when you just go home after school, get a snack, do some homework and then play. Now they are out until 7:30 at night with all the activities and eating dinner whenever they can. So maybe you were a little idealist, but I appreciate the sentiment.
Actually,my biggest concern when it comes to Ethan and baseball is my minimal interest in sports. I think as long as he loves it, he'll do fine. I also think the phenomenon that I described is a common one. I know several athletic type parents whose children really aren't interested in sports at all and vice versa.
That might explain why I preferred motor racing to any sport that involved running around a field when I was a kid.
In fact I always remember thinking "Why oh why do we play outdoor sports in the country when it's so damn cold, and if we really must, can't we at least wear sensible warm clothes."
I think I was born of the sun. :-)
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