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Gymnastics every Saturday at 8:30. We love the early time. She is up anyway, it gets DH and I moving (otherwise we lay around for hours in our pjs), and it is over and we still have our whole day.

When I was on mat leave, LO1 did soccer 2 nights a week and t-ball on Saturdays. Since I have been back to work, we only do 1 night of ballet a week.

LO is in ballet - she asked to do it. It's Saturday mornings.

Because she's already in daycare fulltime, I don't feel like we need classes like I would if she were not, but I don't see any downside (except losing an hour of my weekend morning) to doing a class she really enjoys.

My 3.5y old has just started music class through his school. I think he's really enjoying it.

Lo isn't really full-time--I'm home with her on Fridays--but she has music class with me on Friday mornings and swimming with dh on Sundays. It helps us to have a routine on our off days with her so we're not always racking our brains for ideas to get her out of the house, esp in bad weather when we can't go outside. And she really looks forward to it!

We just signed E up for soccer this fall, this is our first extracurricular activity and he turned 4 in May. Practice is on Tuesdays and games are on Saturday mornings. He really enjoys it and I think this is the perfect age for him to start learning about how to be a good teammate. I agree with @Truth Bombs: that he shouldn't miss out because we work.

We're pretty low key about classes. We've done swim and will do it again this winter. I like him to be comfortable with the water before our annual FL vacation. We're also thinking about doing soccer. Mostly because he's an energetic kid and needs an outlet, especially during the cold months.

But we only do activities on the weekend. I'm not up for running around during week after work yet. And at almost 3 I don't think he'd be missing out if we didn't do activities. If I didn't work and we were home much more, I'd feel more that he would be missing out if we didn't do activities.

At this time, we only do activities on the Weekend.

Our DD (3 years) is in Daycare from about 8am-5:20pm each day. She goes to bed at 7:30pm...there just isnt enough time during the week.

We're hoping to keep activities limited to one at a time so we have time to do our own thing!

Dd does preschool five days a week but they are half days 8-1. She has tried activities (in the past has done gymnastics, my gym, dance, and tried a music class and swimming) but we haven't found anything to stick with yet.

Ds isn't even in daycare but about to turn one and no activities yet though we are looking.

Part of the reason is that I started working a few months after ds was born and while I work M-F 8-5+, DH tends to work weekends, and if I take ds it will be parent participation and dd will have to sit on the side the whole time, and dd seems exhausted from preschool alone. Kids go to bed at about 7 and I'm rushing home around 5, so evening classes are pretty much impossible.

My 5 yeard old is in day care full time and he takes classes offered by the school, as well as a class in the evening.

DDs go to preschool from 830-330, and I do have one after-school class a week for DD1 (gymnastics from 4-445). We did do a short session of tennis this summer that overlapped with a few weeks of school -- it was at 6pm, and it was...not fun. DD1 was very hit or miss on whether she wanted to go each week (despite asking to take the class!), she'd often be hungry or tired and kinda whiny. So for true after-school activities, I'd really consider what time it would be, how your child acts after school (would they do better with more stimulation/activity? do they need downtime?), and how it impacts your family routine. I know some people/families love to be super-busy and have a ton of planned activities, so I think it's a great option for them!

We also are doing our first weekend activity with DD1 this fall -- it's on Saturdays around lunchtime. I figure that keeps us from having to hurry around in the morning, or allows us to do something else before the class. Then DD1 goes to a 45min class while DD2 eats lunch and gets ready for nap. I also have no qualms about missing it if we are out of town or something.

We do swimming lessons on Monday nights. He will be allowed activities twice a week when he gets older

My LO (2) does soccer and a gym class on the weekends. It's a little annoying to have something scheduled on both weekend mornings right now, but it gets us up and out of the house pretty early and he seems to like both classes. I think once soccer ends we will sign up for swimming.

I wouldn't do it. Instead of activities, I'd continue to spend that time with your child the way you have been spending it. I don't think it's possible to spend too much time reading, drawing, taking walks, riding bikes, and sharing things you enjoy with your child when your child is still very young.

My kids have Y memberships, so last session (summer) we did swimming on Saturdays. Now they are in Gymnastics, also on Saturdays. We'll take a break in November and December, since those are busy months for us, and then pick up another activity in January.

I think my kids are preschoolers and they are going to be a million percent fine not doing extracurricular activities at their age. I think they would be fine not doing extracurriculars for a few more years, for that matter. I think I was in 3rd grade before I did any kind of sports, and I went on to play sports through high school, be involved in choirs and solo performances, do public speaking events, etc. The reality is our kids really need to just play and have fun and enjoy their families. If it works for you guys and her to do an extracurricular outside of work hours, that's great and there's nothing at all wrong with that. I'm sure she would enjoy it. But I think sometimes we are so tempted to schedule our kids' weeks until they are entirely full and there's not a lot of downtime or time just with family, especially when our kids are already at school/daycare for 8-10 hours a day.

We're active outside of our time at school, but sometimes I think they need some time of the week that isn't just busy, busy, busy, and all going. That said, next spring, we will put them in soccer or t-ball to see if they enjoy it. If they do, we'll probably keep going with it, but I don't think your DD is going to be missing out on some critical experience unless (1) there is something she is really passionate about and really wants to do, or (2) you never give her an opportunity in the future. That's my two cents based on how we feel in the same situation. It's hard because most of our friends have their kids in at least 1-2 activities, and they always tell us that we need to get out kids in stat, but I'm good with how long we've avoided it and we're still not convinced we even want to start doing all of that next year.

@anagram: i'm pretty sure my DD1 loves running around the house in her leotard and ballet or tap shoes (ugh...the tap shoes!) as much as she loves actually going to dance class. so i definitely think there are ways to encourage their interest in things without committing to any sort of outside enrichment activities!

We do swim lessons on the weekends, but only in the winter (when you can't go swimming at a regular outdoor pool.) We'll probably also pick up karate, but we live right next door to a karate studio, so it's super convenient.