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I was a social butterfly and was in EVERYTHING in school, my yearbook post is ridiculous with all my activities. I hope my girls find something they love and are passionate about. We enrolled LO1 in gymnastics and she LOVES it and I very much hope she chooses to stick with it, but I will not pressure her to do so.

Yes I'm hoping she finds something she enjoys.
Right now she likes her dance class but who know what she'll like in the future. I'd love her to play an instrument but I'm certainly not going to force anything.

DH and I were both very involved growing up (and still are as adults) so I hope that DD takes after us!

My kids will have choices within choices.

Must do:
- swimming
- skating basic
- 1 sport (hockey, martial arts etc)
- 1 arts (visual, musical, dramatic etc)
- leadership (when they are older)
- 1 free choice
- my family's native language.

Imo extra curricular are just as important as school.

In my youth, I had no choices but my mom put me in way too many things. My family was also very poor, single mom income with no support. My mom saved a lot for it and drove or bussed me. While I appreciate it now, I found I lacked direction. I want to limit the number while giving my kids an option. List of extracurricular things I did as a child:
- swimming
- skating
- gymnastics
- piano
- drama
- leadership
- language
- sculpting
- abacus
- drawing
- computers

Things I wanted to do but was not allowed:
- archery (finally learned in adulthood, did end up teaching a bit at a summer camp)
- martial arts

Yes, I hope they are passionate about something!

I really hope that both my kids are interested in sports. I can definitely get on board with music or theater too. Me and hubby both played sports so we would obviously like to encourage that.

Yes, they will need to pick an instrument to play for at least a few years to try it. My mom is a professional clarinet player and I played flute for about 15 years, so music is big in my family. DS is obsessed with mom's playing, so I don't think it'll be too hard to get him interested in music.

I'd also like them to find some kind of physical sport or activity. I know as an adult it's so much harder to be fit and healthy and it's so much harder if you've had a completely sedentary life. I think it's important for kids to get exercise too. I won't push them to do things they don't like or aren't good at, but I hope to encourage them to find things to enjoy.

When DS is a little older we'll try out soccer and t-ball and see which he likes. I don't want him playing hockey or football though, I'd be too afraid of injuries. Oh, and he won't be allowed to join the boy scouts unless they become less anti-gay.

I'm not sure what we'll have DD do. Probably soccer too (that's what I played!) and maybe gymnastics or whatever else she might be into.

Oh, and I'd like to introduce both kids to golf :).

Yes. similar to @stiletto_mom:

1 Sport
1 Music/Art
1 Leadership (If he's interested; Cub Scouts when he turns 7)
Spanish

I don't care one way or the other as long as she is happy. I did gymnastics through college and it wasn't all its cracked up to be. It would have been nice to just be a regular kid!

I don't know! I was a super social butterfly in school and was basically in everything once (didn't always stick to it, though, haha). I was in the drama club, and school newspaper, and yearbook, and Spanish club, and school tennis team, and band. And Cross country.

And then outside of school I just had piano lessons, church stuff, and tennis. And after I turned 16, I worked part time in a restaurant.

My husband was decidedly more sporty. I don't know how LO will be. It will be interesting to see--the thing is, I'm a pretty lazy parent, so I don't see myself to be the type that shuttles my kids around to something every single day. So that might be her downfall.

Personally, I think kids are a little overloaded, these days. For me, it is equally important for there to be enough down time for children to run around and be kids. I plan to expose DD to lots of different activities, but it's up to her to choose what to invest in. I don't ever want her to feel like she's obligated, or that she'd be disappointing anyone if her interests didn't align with ours. Just want her to find purpose and passion.

@deerylou: well said!

Absolutely not in the way that a lot of people are describing here - there will be nothing 'required' outside of school. We're very active people, and my older daughter already is too, so I expect that she'll enjoy various sports as she grows up. I hope that she carries a love of being active into her adult life. But I will certainly not be requiring her to do any 'leadership' activities, whatever that is, or any specific art or sport.

@deerylou: 100% agree. She LOVES gymnastics but the minute she doesn't want to do it then we will stop. We want to sign up for swim lessons again this summer. But are trying to find the time. I don't want her going from gymnastics to swim every Sat. It is just too much. I think a lot of parents don't let their kids be kids.