1. We are 2 days into our first full week of Summer Break and are just rolling with it....we have Gavin's tonsillectomy on June 10th so we are trying to squeeze in a few fun days before then.
2. I am desperately trying to get "caught up" on laundry...which is a joke really BUT I have a laundry "schedule" I try to stick to and it's all out of whack so right now I am just trying to get back to that. Almost there.
3. The end of the school year went well the boys racked up awards and had a blast at their end of the year parties. Room mom's are in charge of planning and coordinating those just about 100% so knocking those out was a sigh of relief. Glad to help with them though and the kids always have a blast.
4. I am letting things roll as they do with our foster care licensing right now. I have a lessened since of urgency with all of that lately so I am just letting things happen when they do for now.
5. Robert and I however are dying to get to the beach so we are hoping we get that worked out asap!
6. The boys are working on rocking out their library book reading for the summer....hopefully we can stick with that!
7. Jakeb and Zachary had their first piano recitals this past weekend...Robert and I couldn't have been more proud of them. They did fantastic.
8. They were both incredibly nervous but pushed thru and did it and just for that alone we were beaming...but they also played marvelously. Awesome dudes.
9. Gavin received 2 medals in his awards at the end of the school year...Mr. grumpy woke up that day saying there was no reason for him to go since he wasn't getting any awards anyway...stinker butt earned a citizenship and PE award!
10. And not to leave out the baby...He was amazing for the last days of school and hanging out at the school all day. He seriously was fantastic all day.
11. Hoping summer is smooth sailing this year....
12. Trying to sit down and knock out a few computer "jobs" tonight...this is one of them! Done and done!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Countdown...
We are in the final 5...4..days of school and I am seriously not believing how quickly this past year has gone! (Side bar: There are 2 babies sleeping in this house right now and the neighbors dog is yelping like no other and I may lose my mind....) I will have a 2nd, 4th, and 6th grader very soon and that is amazing and baffling and I would say sad {that they are getting older}...but it's not. I am proud of them and so happy to see them growing up and doing so well. The idea of them not getting older is preposterous and while I certainly love my babies and from time to time DO miss little baby Jakeb, Zachary, and Gavin...I also love watching them grow and learn and change. I don't tend to get caught up in the sentiments of not wanting them to get older...I really enjoy each stage and age. Of course this is not assuming that other parents do not, I just don't get all weepy about it. Granted I don't get all weepy about much. (Oh.my.goodness. Barking dogs are the worst) I love looking back at their pictures and reminiscing about this or that and certainly miss their little toddler voices and toddler curiosity because while toddler hood is quite trying it is also my favorite (really they are all my favorite...). They are learning and discovering so very much and as Nolan is stepping in to full fledge toddler hood I am remembering all the reasons why I say it's my favorite. The curious glances, the hesitant pause right before they try something new. The new words. This morning he said flower (fower) and yogurt (gogo) and yesterday he said Ellie (eddyeee) and Glasses (gackes) and bottle (bobble) and every day lately it's so many new words that we are losing count. Watching the kids grow and learn and discover is just really my favorite no matter what age. And as the school year is coming to and end and we are passing over into new ages and stages I just can't help but be proud of them and the people they are and are becoming. And also a doing a little {big} happy dance because I can slide the little button on my phone that says "alarm: 6:01 am" over to OFF. And I can pretend we will have fun days of lounging by the pool and relaxing in the house watching TV or reading or playing happily together...taking happy hand holding walks at the park or trips to the zoo where we marvel at every animal....Hahahaha...one can dream.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
SEVEN.
Gavin my boy is seven and very stoked to be SEVEN. At 7 Gavin is in first grade and doing wonderfully. He is seriously loved by everyone. He is friendly and happy and very thoughtful. He likes to open doors or pick things up for people and just generally be a nice guy....at least most of the time. It helps too that he's super cute :) He still has mornings where he wakes up and seems to have left his body and has been replaced with a mean hateful person...but usually a quick bite to eat and he snaps out of it. At 7 Gavin is reading amazingly well and is quite a little math whiz. Gone are the days of his perfect penmanship but he still has to have a great many things just so....he is still very much our dramatic one. Sometimes this makes us giggle and sometimes..not so much. He is a love 100%. In the past couple months his personality has emerged even more and his confidence seems to have sky rocketed. He is chatty and friendly with so many people. No longer hiding behind my legs he seems to rarely meet a stranger these days. He is still ever so bouncy and also dancing and singing and just being silly. Even his teacher has noticed this at school and commented on it the other day. He is still very well behaved at school and prides himself on this quite a lot! He has lost 4 teeth and wiggling out the next...he finally mastered the bicycle with no training wheels...by basically hopping on it and riding it. He is playing baseball and seems to be enjoying it very much. We are certainly loving watching him play...his coach has him playing "pitcher" where he spins and sings and dances and practices his next play and/or swing and every once in a while throws a kid out at first.
He is snuggly and cuddly and loves to hug. He is smart and silly and funny and bossy and chatty and kind and demanding and handsome and thoughtful. Gavin is a wonderful happy boy! Happy 7th Birthday Gavy Gav!
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