Ben is taking trumpet lessons this summer. He doesn't love it...but the hard thing about learning an instrument is that it isn't really fun until you get good--and you can't get to that point without slogging through the early practices. He's getting better much more quickly than he did with 2x a week band during the school year (and never practicing at home.). He attempted "Happy Birthday" for Kaj and Libby. He said he didn't quite have it, but we made him play it anyway. And, he was right. But it was sweet. Next time there's a birthday he'll blow our socks off!
Several years ago we went to an All Comers track meet. I loved it! I wanted our kids to do it again. But we haven't been able to for lots of reasons (vacations, but also that they fall on Wednesday nights--our church youth nights.) So this summer I was happy to find the local track club for Ben to train with. And he's been to a couple of track meets so far. He really enjoys them. Favorite event is the long jump I think. I got to be there for a bit this week before our activity.
His division for the 100 meters is ages 11-14...so he is pretty tiny in that group. He gives his all!
The first week he took 2nd in the mile--getting under 8 minutes, his summer goal. The next week he did the 200 m and then had to immediately run the mile. He was pretty out of gas by the end. He's going to miss the next few meets. But we'll get in a couple more in August.
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