Back to school also means back to fall sports and we are in full swing on the sports front. This is a magical year, where for the first time ever, all three of my children are playing indoor sports. No more anxiously watching the weather, waiting to see if we will be watching and playing soccer in the pouring rain. I am not broken up about the change.
Merrick, not surprisingly, is playing fall basketball. He is playing on a team with all guys from the high school and they are being coached by a member of the high school coaching staff, who also just so happens to be a former NBA player. Practices and games start this week. It should be a great experience and get him well prepped him for the regular season.
Carrigan is returning to volleyball this year, but the bar has really been raised. In past seasons, she has been allowed to serve underhand or overhand and there was some flexibility on whether or not they served behind the line. This year they have to serve overhand and will ultimately be expected to serve from behind the last line. CC is working really hard on her serving and is making some great progress. She will get there, it's just a bit of a struggle since she doesn't have a lot of weight to put behind the ball.
C.C. is also doing dance team again this year. This isn't really so much of a fall sport, as it is a most of the year commitment, but practices started last week. This year C.C. thinks they will be learning a hip hop dance for competitions. That should be fun.
As mentioned earlier, Elsie has decided to take a break from soccer this year and give volleyball a try. She has had several practices and one game so far. In her game, on one of her turns serving, she scored the max 5 points they cap the kids at. It is still early days, but the smile on her face has me convinced we won't be going back to soccer any time soon. She is also the only one I managed to get photos of this weekend.
As for Jeremy and I, our fall sport is just trying to keep up with the kids' schedules. Jeremy helps shuttle kids whenever he is home, but since he is still in the early days at his new job, he is still working from the office 5 days a week and typically isn't home when the running starts. I am so grateful that Merrick is driving now too. Not only can he drive himself to practice, but he picked C.C. up from dance for me one day so that I could make dinner. It is going to have to be a real team effort to get it all done.
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