What acitvites do your children participate in?

[Marcee]

Just wondering? And if you want to add the price tag please feel free.

[Marcee]

To answer my question:

Briar-
Basketball- AAU
Basketball- school
Basketball camp
Football- Gridkids and school ( this is new this year)
Football camp
Baseball- Little League
Baseball SPring Training Camp
Highly Capable
Math is Cool

Grayson-
Baseball- Little League
Spring Training Camp
Football Camp
Art Club
Highly Capable

Barrett is only 7 but I will throw him in as well
Basketball- AAU
Baseball- Little League
Spring Training Camp
Football Camp
Soccer- Local league`

They also hunt & Fish with dh several times a month.

Basketball is $50 per boy plus we pay $8.00 per game (every Saturday) for admissions. And then we pay for shoes, shorts and gas to travel to the games which are up to 3 hours away. Tournement weekends are more expensive though.

Baseball is $50 per child, games are free, but we buy shoes and gloves, belts and socks. We travel for the older boys but not that far.

Soccer is $40 per child games are local and we buy cleats, shorts, shin guards and socks. games are free.

Football is new this fall so I am not sure how much it will be yet. Plus cleats.

Oh and we buy sports pictures for all of these as well. at the tune of 20-30 bucks a pop.

Camps run from 50-75 per child.

[canadianchick]

DD does horse back riding and this is all she is interested in. Unfortunately she only gets to ride every other weekend because she is with her father and he lives 2 hrs away from us so she can't get to the barn those weekends. It's not possible for her to ride after school because I work until around 5:00. I'm hoping when she gets a little older we can lease a horse so that she can go to the barn without me and ride more often. We belong to the UU church so she attends the sunday school there and they have extra activities which she enjoys. She used to be in Brownies but isn't interested in it any longer.

[enkmom]

My son does: tennis - big $$$
student government - n/c
quiz bowl - n/c

My daughter has graduated, but she did:
choir - n/c
quiz bowl - n/c
flags - about $500/yr to participate, and another $1000 or so for
my dh and I to travel to her competitions (gas, hotels,
food, pet boarding, etc.)

[isaiahsmom]

During the school year my son is in:

Martial Arts
Football
Basketball
Baseball
Guitar

And during the summer:
Martial Arts
Football camp
Basketball camp
Baseball camp
Zoo camp
YMCA weeklong summer camp

[smillerhouse]

my son is nearly 17. Currently he is still involved in boy scouts (not very expensive-80 dollars a year in dues)
He fences-this is 450 dollars every six months.
He does air soft/paintball-Currently he and his friends are doing airsoft which is cheaper and they are finding fields to playin for free. He spends perhaps 15 dollars a month.He just got a new un for 45 dollars.
He likes to game-this probably aobut 50 dollars a monath.
He likes to mod his car. I have him work for this -he is currenlty workin for a tuner.
My daughter is involed in volleyball _USAV and AAU -this past season it was a little over a thousand dollars not counting expenses to travel to the eight tournaments. This summer dhe did the loca schol camp (150) and this week is doing a camp through the University of Fl (225) Shfe will be on JV team from local high school even though we homeschool. It will be free-not slure if we have to pay for uniforms. She is doing voice lessons which are 30 dollars for 45 minutes. Girl scouts and youth group at church are prtty much free. Movies and shopping which she loves are pricer. She likes to dosnload music on Itunes. Sallie

[UUMom]

18 yr old-- music-- had daily music classes in HS (he graduated) and 2 or more private lessons a week, depending on instrument/preformance shedule. So maybe 35- 50/week. Toured with a scholastic jazz program. Free.
Also paid for some summer programming (writing, foreign language lessons-- that sort of thing) over the years. Hard to say how much. When he was younger, he played tennis and took sailing lessons at through a city program.

15 yr old-- art a few hundred a year, about $500, for college classes and materals. Voice and guitar lessons weekly. Voice is about $65/mos, guitar a little less. Used to have a passion for riding and cleaned stalls. No longer rides. Loves tennis (varies $ we try to do the town programs, and now she can play on the HS team as MA allows hsers to participate in extra curricular). Homeschooler

13 yr old- Town tennis, town baseball, school soccer and basketball, music lessons-- about $60/mo

8 yr old-- Summer sailing (two mornings a week for 4 or so weeks), town tennis (summer only) , town soccer in fall, summer art camp -- about 6 mornings, all told. Will start violin lessons in Sept and that will be about $60/mo. Homeschooler.

[MillingNome]

Both dd and ds do karate- $100 each a month

dd also has done or will do depending on if she want to:

Theater, basketball and softball. Those are free

ds will soon start music lessons. Not sure what those will cost as dh is the one figuring out where to sign him up.

[DiannaK]

DD1, who is 12
Volleyball .... just needs shoes/pads. Pretty cheap
Cheerleading -- first year for this, and it may get expensive-- at least more than VB. We'll need to get shoes, uniform, hair thingys, etc
Church youth group -- free
Spanish tutoring -- ugh-- $35/hr


That's all for now ....

[<~*MamaRose*~>]

My oldest wrestles but that's it (Thank God).

[mamaduck]

10 yo:
- piano lessons (works out to something like $60 a month)
- chorus (school activity -- we pay like $35 a year for sheet music)
- church youth club ($75 a year)
- Swim team ($60 a month)

7 yo:
- soccer ($35 a season, above and beyond our Y membership)
- Suzuki guitar (a small fortune. I think like $140 a month. I really try not to think about it - just enjoy how adorable he is when he plays.)

They both occasionally try something else, which is fine. They've tried basketball, they've tried each other's sports, they've tried art classes. 10 yo. wants to go out for math leauge at school. Talks about chess club too, but doubt he'll find the time for everything.

[UnschoolnMa]

Nothing currently.

[tnrsmom]

T 12yo
-Premier soccer about $1500 year not including travel, lodging and food for tournaments (4 per year)
-Soccer camp $295
He will also be able to join in school sports this year but we should only have to pay for shoes and equipment
-cross country
-basketball-volleyball
-track
Scouts and church stuff are about $150 per year combined

[kathymuggle]

Within the year:

DS - 11
-horseback riding lessons $160
-chess club - free
-may take scouts and or ball hockey in the fall. Reasonable
-swims (almost daily in summer) almost free
-is in school

DD - 8
-horseback riding - $160
-Brownies going up to 110
-often takes music: about 15 per lesson
-swims daily: almost free
-skate weekly in winter: free
-homeschooled: does homeschooling fieldtrips every two weeks in season.

DD, 4 - she is in swim lessons this summer!

We also own things to keep them busy at home: computer, a game system, trampoline, a piano....

kathy

[sevenkids]

How do I love Boys and Girls Clubs? Let me count the ways.........

DS 13

Football (at the moment) $35 for the season, I had to buy new cleats.
Baseball $35 for the season, again, I only had to buy cleats.
(Why do boys feet grow so fast?)
Basketball; free at Boys and Girls Club.
Swimming lessons, free B&Gs Club
Math and Reading tutoring, free


DD 11
Ballet, 10 weeks, 5 lessons per week, $10.00
Acting class, free
Swimming lessons, free
Yoga, free
Basketball, free

A lot of what they do is part of their B&G's Club summer camp, except for DS' football, which is Pop Warner.

[JkFelix]

I only allow each kid to do two - three things because I feel that anymore than that is just too many extracurricular activites. Whatever happened to running around outside and playing tag???

Eli (11)
Soccer - all year. Cost is $60 for fall season and $35 for each indoor session. Soccer Camp & Skills is a separate fee of about $200 yearly.
Baseball - $60 season
Jump Rope - American Heart Association Demo Team - Free for that but $30 or so for the competition. He is done with that now that he will be in middle school.

Marley (10)
Chorus - free!
Painting Club - $30 session
or she chooses instead of painting club...(they fall on the same day)
Yoga - free!
Horse Camp - $130 for one week session. This was her first summer.

[nextcommercial]

Outside of school

Dance.

Jazz/tap/lyrical $1100 per year

Costumes $300 per year

Recital Tickets $40 per year

In School

Marching Band.

I am just learning this, but it looks like it will be about $500 per year.

[Houdini]

My boys do soccer twice a year at $20/season/kid.

My daughter does basketball one season a year at about $50/season.

[Momily]

DS is 8

He does

Year Round

Tae Kwon Do
Guitar (well, we're in our second month, we'll see how long this lasts)
Aftercare at his school (does that count?) sometimes they have classes there that they can sign up for -- he's taken drama, nature studies, and tag at various times in the past two years)

Fall and Spring

Neighborhood Rec Soccer

Summer

Summer camp -- they do archery, nature stuff, swimming, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, soccer, basketball, and plenty of "running around in the woods, getting filthy and otherwise having fun".

Winter

He skis a fair amount -- although it's formal, no lessons just skiing with mom.

Last winter he took a film making class. He wants to take more, but there's only one 2-3 grade class and since he already took it he has to wait until 4th grade to take more. He's asked to take cartooning, but I don't see where we'd fit it in.

[Bestbirths]

ds 18
WOW $50 plus monthly fee on credit ? (does moving two fingers count as an activity?)
FFXI $50 plus monthly fee on credit ?
Xbox live $50 a year plus new games $50 each, mikes $20-$60 each
Fast speed internet extra $20 a month
Gaming computer $3,000
Gaming systems x 5 @ approx $300 each
movies or going out with friends $40 a month
car insurance to drive our car around $100 a month
clothes for first job interview at computer geek job $300
cell phone $40
rock climbing, $10 every couple months
hardware, like new processor for computer $300 new parts, mouse, speakers, or components, or software....monthly lets just say a huge dark money sucking sound. And it is all critically important, of course!

dd 14
cell phone $40
Xbox live $50 a year
Halo 2 $50 bucks
Going to video gaming tournaments $600 (well MLG orlando will be free since we combined it with 6yr olds wish trip)
trips to homeschool groups 40 min away $30 in gas each time, plus food, unless we pack a lunch
petsitting business, to earn money for clothes, and activities, but she hasn't been working so she hasn't been doing any activities, she made a thousand dollars and used it for riding lessons.

ds 11
we bought him a $300 lawn mower so he can do
lawn mowing, where he can earn 20 bucks
to golf, or see a movie
snorkel mask to share with sisters, $45

dd age 9
scrabooking, usually we spend $20 each time, in three months we've gone twice.

dd age 6
snorkeling mask $45, snorkel $45, snagging free trips to friends neighborhood pool or hitching rides to free hotel pools when dh had a training at hotels...free
wish trip to swim with dolphins, free
going to the park, free
trips to farm each week to get raw milk, just for her to drink, $18 a week
trips to the toy store after invasive proceedures or accupunture, $30 to $60 each time.
garage sale to sort through huge mound of toys so they will fit in her room?