How Busy is Too Busy?

I've often been looked at like I have three heads when people ask me about my daily schedule.  I have two kids, ages 10 and 7, I work full time and both kids are very involved in their individual activities. 

My son plays soccer and my daughter dances.  They only are involved in one activity each, but it just so happened, that when my son started kicking around a soccer ball when he was 4, he was hooked.  When my daughter took her first dance class at 3 1/2, she too, didn't want to do anything else.   So, their love of those activities have since evolved.  My son plays soccer about 5 days a week and my little one dances 8 hours a week over four days. 

Just to give you an example of one of our days, here it goes.  My husband goes to work at 3:00 in the morning, he comes home for breakfast and works from home until about noon.  I get up at 6:00, workout for an hour before the kids get up.  We get them to the bus and then I get ready and head off to work.  My husband is there to get them off the bus, they do their homework and it's off to soccer and dancing.  My husband is usually heading in two different directions at that point and luckily, we have good friends who help us with the carpooling.  When I leave work, I head to pick up one of them and then we all meet at home around 8:00 for dinner, baths and bed. 

Weekends are usually consumed with soccer practice or tournaments and dance rehearsal or competitions.  Now, just to be clear, there is a night or two when we're all home together at a decent hour for dinner, quiet time, etc. 

When it comes to school, both kids do very well.  Neither has below a "B" in anything.  In fact, my son is a straight "A" student.  The bottom line is this, they both found something they truly love.  If they weren't at practice or rehearsal, they would be playing soccer or dancing through the house anyway.  It keeps them busy and active and they have both become very good time managers.  I admire their dedication at such young ages.

Is it crazy for my husband and I to run around like chickens with our heads cut off most of the time?  Maybe.  But, I have always told them the minute they aren't having fun is the minute they're done because if they aren't enjoying what they're doing, then there's no point.  Isn't that what it's really all about?