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Little Dancer Girl
Allie’s been taking a ballet class the past year and the dance school she’s part of had their end-of-year recital in June. Real costumes, hair, makeup, a real stage, the whole deal. She was excited.
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Summer Bucket List: Bike Riding
One of the items on Mikey’s summer bucket list was to go bike riding. Which coincidentally worked well with an item on my unofficial summer bucket list that existed only in my head- to finally get around to teaching Allie to ride her bike without training wheels. The girl was long overdue to learn how. And happily enough, both items got checked off on Father’s Day. …
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The Giants
Ah, what a wonderful month this has been. What a wonderful summer this has been. It has literally flown by and now the kids start school on Monday. Eeeek! And by “the kids”, I mean ALL OF THEM. Jonah and his need for speech therapy (a fourth child needs to be spoken directly to and needs to speak for himself rather than rely on his sibs to translate. Whodathunk?!) will be starting preschool three times a week for three and a half hours a day. You guys. This means for the first time in almost ten and a half years, I will have ALONE TIME for ten and a half…
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Summer Recital and Street Fair
Mikey and Allie had their piano recital in June the weekend after school let out. And for whatever reason, they were both more nervous this time around even though it was their third time being in the recital. So they both made some pretty big mistakes while playing. Like the kind where you mess up, lose track of where you are, stop playing while frantically trying to figure out where to start again while listening to the awkward silence of the audience. Ugh, not a good feeling and both kids were pretty disappointed with themselves. …
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Lazy Days
And then the lazy days of summer were upon us. We have no big trips or long vacations planned, but are instead having our backyard redone and some painting done in the living room. Which means the kids and I have had to stick close to home most days. This has resulted in open-ended long afternoons of time to play, read, dream, or be bored even (gasp!). And because they know that I’m only too eager to suggest summer workbooks, chores, or piano practice to dispel any such notions of boredom, they’ve become quite adept at keeping themselves busy and entertained. Once again, I am very thankful there are four…
