Raising Eli & Zachary + a little Princess

I always watched other parents in amazement. Gymnastics on Monday, swim Tuesday, Boy Scouts on Wednesday, Karate on Thursday and T-Ball on Saturday, and that is just for one kid. Imagine now you have multiple kids and unless they are all doing the same things (unlikely) and they are all the same age (more unlikely) then you have to double up the schedule. This has never been a problem until now for me because Zachary is still young enough to where his activities are not so well rounded but Eli is a different story.

Eli now has swim, T-ball and is joining Cub Scouts. With T-Ball now encroaching the weekdays with games on Thursdays this leaves a lot of running around: Monday is swim, Wednesday is Boy Scouts, Thursday and Saturday are T-ball. Add make up games, Jodi’s hectic soccer schedule (practice on Monday and Friday nights) and weekend games there just isn’t enough time to sit and relax. Recently I have had to trim things out of my schedule like Masonry. Thursday nights used to be my meeting nights, now lodge is just a passing thought (a shame).

I want Zach to start taking swim also, that way he is comfortable around and in the water this summer. I need to speak to Jodi about that. I also want Eli to start playing soccer! I guess I have to wait until I am older to slow down a bit because it looks like I am going to moving at a faster pace over the next ten years!

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I grew up in a house where my dad would always make promises and never keep them. When it came to fishing, hunting, camping or well just about anything we planned would be usurped by watching Football, Hockey or some other reason. I could spend a week dreaming up the perfect outing, prepare all the equipment and tell all my friends, but the day of the event there was always an excuse.

I promised myself that I wouldn’t do that to Eli or Zachary and now I am. Eli has a school trip that I volunteered to be a chaperon for and now the day of I have to cancel. Not because I have a huge project at work (which I should never have taken the day off for anyway) but because Zachary is sick and has a virus. Jodi is saving her days so she can attend other important events like his graduation from Kindergarten. Meanwhile that does not help me feel like I am repeating the errors of my father.

When I say I am going to do something and make a commitment to my kids, I should follow through. In this situation my hands are tied. It really sucks for Eli because I see he is disappointed, and it really sucks for me because I am disappointed. I will have to make it up to Eli, but ya know what. My dad said that to me 1000 times while growing up. Sorry kid…I will make it up to you.

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