Thank You, Public School

Not that they would ever do anything to help me intentionally, the PS has done me a favor or two lately. First, they scheduled their open house for tomorrow night. That happened to be the night we had three practices scheduled at three different fields. Because of the PS open house, football practice has been cancelled. Problem solved!

The biggie favor though is b/c they haven't funded middle school soccer. I didn't realize it but there are NO public school soccer teams in the middle schools of our county. That's why the YMCA has such a huge, and I'm finding out, AWESOME, middle school soccer league. If the government funded middle school soccer, there would be no need for YMCA soccer and Adam would not get to play. Instead, he has an awesome coach and a terrific team. Three cheers for underfunded schools! LOL

But I am beginning to see why extracurriculars like band are the first ones cut when money is needed. Here I thought it would pretty cheap for Ryan to learn drums. We have a drum set and a teacher (dh). I found some yard sale beginner music. But what's the use of playing drums if you have no outlet for your music? So, I talked the boys into joining the homeschool band. One borrowed trumpet, a new (used) set of bells, two music books, and $145 later, they're almost ready to fly. I still need to get some music stands... hopefully borrowed! LOL

I was really impressed with their first band meeting today! The band actually started while we were out of town so today was just our first day. Adam loved it. Ryan liked it. The impressive part was all those different instruments learning to play a recognizable melody in only two sessions (one for my kids). Now I need to figure out how to get the trumpet from Jeff so Adam can practice! ;)