Spinoff to not enough hours in day..activities?

I am in the mindset that each child (for now) can each have 2 activities. Right now, DD & DS are in tae kwon doe and in the same class. DD is also in dance once a week. In the spring DS will be doing soccer. I am a SAHM but I also have a 6 month old. DH seems to think the kids should be in all these activities and I do not agree with it. 1.) I do not want to spend my time in a car all afternoon 2.) when do the kids get to be kids.

So anyone else with a DH that isn't on the same page as them when it comes to activities.

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DW and I agree with the amount of stuff our DC are doing.

DS - soccer 2x a week
karate - 2 days a week
track - 2 days a week, plus meets
Cub Scouts - 2/3 times a month

DD - soccer 2x a week
We're looking into Brownies for her


We make sure that there are a couple of days a week where nothing at all is scheduled. I like letting kids be kids, but most of the time, if left to their own devices, kids play video games, so we like keeping them active and in social activities when we can.

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I'm a SAHM too. My DH and I are on the same page. We have something every day, not including school events, play dates, birthday parties, etc.

Mon - Religion
Tues - Girl Scouts or therapy (ds tags along)
Wed - ds will be starting to attend a play group at our hs
Thurs - class at Sporttime
Fri - hs play group
Sat - tennis
Sun - golf

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I feel like my life is spinning out of control this fall with all the running around! My DH really pushed for K to join the soccer team and wanted me to put her in the art club again this year...but I had to say no to that one.

As it stands now we have:
Monday: K-Daisies
Tuesday: A-art club
Wednesday: free
Thursday: K-soccer practice
Friday: free
Saturday: K-soccer game; K and A dance class
Sunday: K-soccer game; K and A swimming

K's art club would have been on Friday right after school until 4pm. I have that same schedule on Mondays and Tuesdays...so for me it's drag the baby to get one sister, then drag the baby and that sister back at 4--meanwhile baby should be napping.

As for the soccer, we did compromise. He agreed to take her to all games if I'd take her to the practices. He also basically takes them back and forth to dance all morning on Saturday. Thank God, soccer and swimming end on 10/30. Can your DH pitch in like that?

It's nuts though...ALL the moms I talk to (including C...lol) say that we never did anything after school as kids. Sometimes I think we're raising a generation of kids that can't function without constant stimulation, but I digress...

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We have a toddler who is actively enrolled in many activities during the regular day. DH is a SAHD so he takes her to these things:

Mon: dance
Tues: preschool
Wed: My Gym class
Thur: preschool
Fri: My Gym open play

My DD who is enrolled in full time Kindergarten though only has dance after school on Mondays. It's enough for her. She is so tired after her school day and then there's homework to do---not that it's a lot of HW but she has some every day.

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Re: Spinoff to not enough hours in day..activities?

I am a sahm as well. Dh and I are on the same page and agree no more then one activity. Ds is 16 months goes to mygym, and my 3 yo has nursery school. We don't want to overschedule them . Dh and I love our downtime and won't spend it shuttling 2 boys around for activities. Weekends are reserved as family days , either we take then out, go visit inlaws, or my parents (and all of my nephews). I wanted to put ds in taekwon do but will wait till 4.