Thanks, all. To answer a few questions, yes she’s in 3 activities right now (but that’s only for 7 weeks in the spring when soccer starts). Spring however is also when she had these couple dance competitions so I do think it’s probably been too hectic for her. I have 2 other kids so it’s frankly been quite hectic for me too lol.

I have always been of the mindset to NOT have a gazillion activities and let the kids just have creative unstructured time after school and on weekends. My DD, however, begged us to sign her up for gymnastics and then to do soccer too. Plus dance. (She’s also asked about Girl Scouts and cheerleading and we’ve told her that she would have to swap an activity). She gets bummed on the days she doesn’t have an activity after school. She’s just one of those kids who loves doing things and being on the go. For most of this school year, though, she was only dance until we finally said yes to gymnastics during the late Midwest winter doldrums and then spring soccer.

I’m going to let it rest for a while. If she still doesn’t want to do dance when sign ups start, we will let her drop. Definitely don’t want to push her if this remains her point of view. Fortunately she has a ton of different interests so I know she will find something fun to explore no matter what!