Tennis and Preschool

Tennis Lessons: Who knew???

I asked Jake which sport he wanted to play this year. His response to me was that he already had too many soccer trophies, he didn't want to play basketball again, and he really wasn't interested in football or baseball. The one sport he wanted to play was golf, but we missed sign-ups for the summer program and the local golf course doesn't offer lessons for kids during the school year. My last two suggestions were tennis and karate; Lucky for me, Jake chose tennis. I say lucky because it is a lot less expensive than karate and it's only once a week on Saturday mornings. The added bonus was that Jake and Joey could play tennis together. So far both boys love it, and I love not having to drive all over Tucson for games.

Here's Joe hitting backhand. Look at that straight shot.

Jake really likes to hit volleys.

Joey's last year of Preschool:
Preschool in Tucson and Sahuarita is really pricey and so a few ladies from church discussed the idea of doing a preschool co-op. My friend Debbie Heath had given me a website that has a great preschool curriculum and so I agreed to go ahead and try the co-op idea with this program. The website for any of you that are interested is mothergoosetime.com.

I have to say, I am really impressed with the Mother goose time curriculum. The kids really enjoy what they are learning, and each month comes equipped with everything you need for each child. (including books, music, curriculum, art projects, etc.)

With 6 kids in the program, we decided to each take two, three-week blocks. I just finished my first three-week block talking about Elephants. I don't teach again until March.

I love this age. I am really glad to have Joey at home with me for one more year. I can't believe my baby is growing up. He will turn 5 in October.

It's the Dad Life

Click on this title. It is hilarious. Hope all you dad's out there enjoy.

Jazz Band

Rebecca auditioned for jazz band this year and I have to say that I really didn't think she was going to be able to pull it off. She wanted to play the keyboard but has only had one year of lessons and that was 3 years ago. I let her try out not expecting very much but, "surprise" she made it.

Tonight we had our first parent meeting and the opportunity to hear the band perform. They played a song that they will be performing at the Catalina HS jazz festival in November. I WAS SHOCKED. They sounded amazing and I am not just saying that because my daughter is a part of the band. This group of 5th-8th graders was seriously impressive. Not your typical middle school band. If I get the chance to video them, I will post something.

Rebecca, way to go. You ROCK. . . or should I say SWING????