The girls are always busy with activities because they enjoy them and because they are CHEAP. It makes a difference in saying yes. This semester’s schedule is as followed:
Monday: Elle tennis at 4pm & Emmy tennis at 5pm – 150rmb per girl ($22)
Tuesday: Elle swim at 4pm & Emmy swim at 5pm – 55rmb per girl ($8)
Wednesday: Girl Scouts every other week – 700rmb for the year ($102) per girl
Thursday: Emmy after school activity. She picked choir – free
Friday: Open
Saturday: Both girls Chinese 45/60 minutes – 150rmb for both ($22)
Both girls piano 30/45 minutes – 150rmb for both ($22)
The teachers, Elf and Amigo, come to our house. We even save on the drive time.
Sunday: Both girls soccer 1 hour – 600rmb for 10 weeks ($88) per player
Eleri is taking tennis lessons for the first time. She is learning to hit the ball. Our new coach, Mr. Wang, is a good teacher for her. Emersyn loves tennis. She has an hour lesson that seems to go too fast for her as she is never ready to end the lesson.
Eleri is doing piano for the first time, also. Her fingers are still small, but she enjoys it. Emersyn does amazingly well on the piano for not practicing. Swimming is a different story for the Lyon girls. Let’s put it this way, my girls will NEVER make the swim team!!
Mary Humes and I are Girl Scout leaders again this year. We lead Emmy & Kelly’s troop last year. I have a lot of fun with Mary. She is great at leading the girls in games and teaching them about life. I am the organizer of the troop. We have 12 girls in our troop. Nine of them were with us last year. Girl scouts is very busy in the beginning. We have to plan the entire year as we get one shipment of books and badges. It is hard work, but the reward is that the year is done. Since this is our second year, it was easier to plan.
Emmy decided she wanted to try soccer again this year. She tried it the first year we were in Shanghai. However, after having amazing coaches in Hong Kong with the DB Dragons, she was not impressed with the program. At the beginning of the school year, her friends, Kelly & Avery, decided to join softball. Emmy said no, she would rather do soccer. I was very impressed she chose what she wanted and not what her friends were doing. We tried a different organization this time. It is much better…not the quality of DB Dragons, but I don’t think you can find such a well-run professional run kids soccer program as in Discover Bay.
Elle has a big smile on her face the whole time she is playing. She skips off the soccer field, of course, as she is our little skipper. They are so fun to watch as this age as kicking the ball takes more coordination than some of the younger ones have. I need to get Elle a new pair of sheen guards for protection!!