All round sportsman

that's my boy-or maybe not. Today he went to a tag rugby session and from where I sat it looked like he was having fun but when I asked him afterword if he had enjoyed himself he wasn't sure. I think he enjoyed the running around and the throwing and catching the ball, what I think he can't get his head around is being part of a team. He played well with the other boys and wasn't shy or subduded, he just hasn't grasped the concept of working together for a common goal-at least not in this context. We do team work at home all the time-but not in a sports context. Maybe the whole competitive thing is throwing him-he wants the ball and to do the running and doesn't quite get that he is there to help the other members of his team not work against them. I know it will come in time. Tomorrow is cricket so it will be interesting to see if he is starting to develop a bit more of a team spirit. Next week is tennis so it will be interesting to see which he prefers-team sports or solitary ones.

The last few days have been nice-way back on saturday my friend M and her family came to spend the day with us. The children spent their time alternating between lego and playmobil while the grown ups got to have a good gossip and I got lots of cuddles with my goddaughter. We had a wonderful time with them, we just wished that they were closer so we could see more of them. Despite only being in touch sporadically over the last 15 years we seem to have been able to pick up right where we left off which is so nice. I hope that sam is able to keep up with all his friends in the years to come as good friends are so important in life.

Tuesday we met my sil and nephews in pborough for some quality play time at activity world-everyone including the grown ups were well pooped by the time we left! After leaving them we met up with Fiona and her children at the maize maze near oundle. it was so tricky!! Even with a map I was afraid that we were going to have to set up camp there for the night! thanks to fiona's good map reading we managed to make it out. It was really good fun and there is one by the same designer near to leicester so i think we will have to have a family trip there soon. I will send the boys in while I settle down with a good book. should be worth at least an hour of mommy time!

Can't remember if I posted that our new books from sonlight have arrived. Sam was so excited you would have thought it was xmas. The read alouds and science books look great as does everything really. He will be working at a first grade level for most things, except for sciecne where we are already up to second grade. Can't believe how fast our first official year has flown by. We have accomplished just about everything that we set out to do and hopefully have had fun along the way. Today we finished 1st grade science, so it is just as well that the books arrived when they did.