Hoop Dreamz and Gym Moms

When I had children I must admit I would dream what they would do.  What they would be good at.  When they were babies and I got to know their personalities I thought "maybe he would be good at..."  Now as they are getting older I am so surprised how wrong I was.

It started with Harmon.  Last year we got him into soccer.  With his abundance of energy we thought he would be a total natural.  Instead, well it wasn't our most successful venture.  He scored a few goals in two years and spent most of practice hanging upside down on the soccer goal.  He was never that interested.

So this semester I got him into gymnastics.  The schedule was tricky though and so I had to beg him to get a chance at auditioning for the older children's class so he would be there at the same time Rachel was there.  They told me don't feel bad when he doesn't get in.  He auditioned for the 7-8 class and you know HE GOT IN!  He is one of the best students according to his coach and if he sticks with it he might be able to do competitive cheer or gym soon.  

He loves it and I get so excited seeing him thrive.  The funny thing is I get so competitive now.  With Rachel I'm like "look at my pretty dancer".  With watching Harmon I'm like "stick the landing, stick the landing!!!"  I'm sad to admit but if things keep going the way they are I will be officially a gym mom!

Now I'm trying to help Callum find his bearing.  He love music and he loves the ladies.  He joined the glitterbug class and his favorite activities include staring at his pretty teacher and flirting his all female class mates.  I can almost hear him saying through the glass partition "hey, how ya doin?"  So I don't think gym will be his thing.

But he is great at throwing and catching.  I went ahead and caved.  I bought him a real basketball hoop that I'm going to put together as the weather gets warmer.  I don't know if he will be the next LaBron but I'm hoping it is something he likes and enjoys doing (not just his classmates).  If not I'm learning it is no big deal.  In time we will figure out what he really loves.