365 Days of Joy-Day 21

If anyone is looking, I’m sure you have noticed that I haven’t posted any pics of my kids or family. Today is a hard day to avoid that though. It was a day filled with sports. As a kid, I didn’t participate in any of these sporting events. I played the piano and had playdates, but I wasn’t in a team until I entered middle school and it became something to do at school. My husband’s childhood was all about sports and that is the path my kids are taking. There are benefits to it that I didn’t realize until this weekend. First, the teams are comprised of students from all of the elementary schools in the district. So now, when my daughter goes to middle school and high school, she will know kids there. Some of these kids are already in other extracurricular activities she does as well. Second, a lot of the kids on these teams have siblings. So if my son is at my daughter’s game, he plays with the other little brothers and vise versa for my daughter. And third, the parents are all the same. A mom on my son’s lacrosse team will also be at my daughter’s game because she is the district photographer. It is networking for everyone and I love it! There is a community in sports that I didn’t know existed.