One of mine is letting my eldest try EVERYTHING. While it's been a hell of a ride with him graduating (salutatorian no less). Here's a list of a few things:

Baseball, his first love this year as a senior he was selected as a captain

Football his second love this year also selected captain and led the team with tackles per game.

President of his FFA chapter. Hell of a welder, and was asked to find a recording of the National anthem. Said "I'll just sing it" an hour before the banquet and absolutely nailed it leaving the crowd stunned.

NHS vice President. Because he needed another officer position in his busy senior year.

And then there is music. He Started playing cello at 6 years old and I'm waiting for him to get ready to take him to State Solo and Ensemble contest in a few minutes. Cello has taken him to the east and west coast almost to Canada and down into South Texas. He has performed the national anthem on the cello in minor league baseball stadiums and beyond.
He started playing guitar at thanksgiving this year. Only a few weeks later he won second place at district talent contest playing guitar and singing Hank Jr.(because his old man taught him what good music is).
Now he plays cello and guitar in church every Sunday.

Bottom line, be careful what you let your kids try, they'll drag you all over the country but it's the most fun you'll ever get to experience.

I drop him off tomorrow in College Station for his summer Job. Not sure what farm life is going to be like without the best farmhand in the Texas Panhandle, but we will see soon enough.


ETA: of course he nailed his solo and got the gold medal he narrowly missed last year! His final high school event/obligation is finished and did it in style. In true form he refused to wear his "performance clothes" and chose a blue paisley pearl snap shirt and blue jeans this morning. His momma did make him take his Coors banquet ball cap off before he went in to play. I love that he is comfortable enough in his own skin to dress how he wants vs how others tell him he should.