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My wife and I scored some more free books on Friday. The local Boys & Girls Club was getting new books to stock their shelves and was giving away all their old books. Someone posted about it on the Alexandria Freecycle mailing list, so my wife and I decided to see what we could get. We showed up at noon, which is when we were told they would open the doors. There were a dozen or so people sifting through the boxes of books, filling bags or boxes to take home. We weren't quite so picky and just piled books into boxes by the handful. Eleven minutes after we arrived, the books were gone, and we had five boxes of books in the van. We later counted about 250 books, mostly children's, with a lot of duplicates mixed in, which is a good thing. We'll keep most of the kid's books for the girls to read, but I can BookCross the adult books and the duplicate children's books.
This weekend was the first weekend of the fall soccer season, and Saturday the girls' teams played back-to-back games. Luckily, both games were at the same venue, so the logistics of attending both games were simple. The older daughter is now one of the few older girls on her team, and the lack of experience showed on Saturday. My daughter and I talked about her role on the team, and I pointed out how she could use her experience to be a team leader, to help her team mates learn. She had a second game on Sunday, and I could see her starting to assume some of that leadership role on the field, helping to direct the other players during the game. The team played much better and even managed a 1-0 win.
Its going to be a busy fall season. In addition to soccer, my younger daughter is taking a dance class and is in Brownies. My older daughter also has Girl Scouts and her piano lessons, and also wants to join chorus at school, as well as learn the violin! Not sure when she's going to have time for homework or sleep, but we'll see how things go. If it becomes too much for her, we'll just have to scale her back a bit.
This weekend was the first weekend of the fall soccer season, and Saturday the girls' teams played back-to-back games. Luckily, both games were at the same venue, so the logistics of attending both games were simple. The older daughter is now one of the few older girls on her team, and the lack of experience showed on Saturday. My daughter and I talked about her role on the team, and I pointed out how she could use her experience to be a team leader, to help her team mates learn. She had a second game on Sunday, and I could see her starting to assume some of that leadership role on the field, helping to direct the other players during the game. The team played much better and even managed a 1-0 win.
Its going to be a busy fall season. In addition to soccer, my younger daughter is taking a dance class and is in Brownies. My older daughter also has Girl Scouts and her piano lessons, and also wants to join chorus at school, as well as learn the violin! Not sure when she's going to have time for homework or sleep, but we'll see how things go. If it becomes too much for her, we'll just have to scale her back a bit.
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