Only those who don't know Delainey laugh when I call her a force of nature. Take the swim coach. I approached him on Monday to see if he thought Delainey would be ready for swimming. He said that he had had five year olds swim laps around everyone (to which I pointed to Delainey) and had 7 year olds that wouldn't swim a lap.
Wednesday was her first try at swim team. We've been waiting for Chase to get a good head start before we unleashed the force of nature.
Warm ups-Delainey is chatting and doing her thing. After about 5 minutes the coach said "Wow-you are quite the person aren't you?" I laughed.
Then she gets in the water. Swims like a little fish. He's amazed. Then I said "you should see her backstroke!" I could feel the disbelief emminating from the coach. He humors me and has her flip over. She takes off and his jaw drops. You must know that Delainey has a MAD backstroke for one so young.
It was fun to watch the coach deal with my little "force of nature." Don't underestimate our Little Miss.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Awards and Musings....
Tonight I attended an awards ceremony for the Area 1 schools in the school district. Braden was one that was chosen to win and award and I was told that it was a very big deal....we got there right on time, which is late, only to be met at the door by a nervous assistant principal. Ok, so it WAS a big deal.
About 5-7 students from each school received various recognitions-academic, citizenship, athletic, volunteer, etc. Braden was "up" for recoginition in Odyssey of the Mind, with recognition for his honor roll status and other activities. It was pretty neat.
As I sat through the ceremony I had quite a few musings. Understandibly this was a ceremony to (in our best Will Smith, Men in Black voice) recognize "the best of the best of the best, sir, with honors!" But it led me to think of my parenting style, the achievements, or lack thereof, of my children, and their futures and what they are achieving.
I am not a driving parent, meaning that I don't monitor the fine details of my children's piano practices, homework, athletics, etc...I don't think that my children would respond well to that anyway. I try to let them feel the natural consequences of their choices.
Sometimes I wonder if my children have enough of an internal desire to be "the best of the best of the best, sir, with honors!" Not that I need them to be first in their class or truly "the best of the best." I just want them to have the desire to achieve the things they are capable of.
Lots to ponder, lots to hope, lots to pray about, and lots to hope for.
About 5-7 students from each school received various recognitions-academic, citizenship, athletic, volunteer, etc. Braden was "up" for recoginition in Odyssey of the Mind, with recognition for his honor roll status and other activities. It was pretty neat.
As I sat through the ceremony I had quite a few musings. Understandibly this was a ceremony to (in our best Will Smith, Men in Black voice) recognize "the best of the best of the best, sir, with honors!" But it led me to think of my parenting style, the achievements, or lack thereof, of my children, and their futures and what they are achieving.
I am not a driving parent, meaning that I don't monitor the fine details of my children's piano practices, homework, athletics, etc...I don't think that my children would respond well to that anyway. I try to let them feel the natural consequences of their choices.
Sometimes I wonder if my children have enough of an internal desire to be "the best of the best of the best, sir, with honors!" Not that I need them to be first in their class or truly "the best of the best." I just want them to have the desire to achieve the things they are capable of.
Lots to ponder, lots to hope, lots to pray about, and lots to hope for.
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