Master Yogi and Busy Bee

We bought Wii Fit and we're all having so much fun with it. It's a board that hooks up to the Wii and we can exercise, do yoga, and play games with it. It keeps track of each of us and how we progress on each exercise/game. Charlotte's even becoming quite the wiz at yoga.

Eli's been incredibly busy lately. He's joined alot of extracurricular activities. He's currently in Readers Club, Writers Club, band, chorus, the Gifted and Talented Program, and the basketball team as well as studying for the upcoming spelling bee. He actually had to stop going to Homework Club because his schedule was too complicated.

When he was still little, I always swore my kids would not be overscheduled. I promised I would never be one of those parents who force their children into too many enriching activities. I never thought about what we would do when HE would be overscheduling himself. That's a much more challenging situation. I hate the idea of denying him from doing anything that might interest him as long as it's monetarily feasible

. Who knows? Maybe one of the things he tries out ends up being his niche and if we had said no, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to discover it. Also, he's not usually big on joining groups so I want to encourage him when he shows an interest.

At the same time, we're the parents and we need to decide how much is too much. Not just for him but for the rest of us. Whether it's being unable to leave town because of his schedule or it's dragging the girls all over to his games, the rest of us are affected. As of right now, it hasn't become a problem. But I'm sure there are some family discussions about this in our near future.