Am winding the school year down, and making plans for the kids for the summer - i.e. how can they keep busy enough to not destroy the house and whine at me each night to "do something".
Kevin is the BMOC this year, he gets 'promoted' out of sixth grade on June 21, so he is totally counting the days until school is out. I don't think I've seen him do homework since June 1. Jacob still has homework, but it's more sporadic. His teacher, Ms Abel, passed away over Memorial Day weekend, so having a sub now might have something to do with it. I could tell he really liked his teacher, but would never come out and say it unless you prodded him about it. I think Matt still has homework packets, but who knows.
I'm burned out as homework-nazi for this school year to care about even asking if they have homework. Too busy lighting a fire under Sam to get his friggin D's up to a more respectable grade. He has had an English essay, a WWII project, and now a family tree project to do in this last week, and next week starts finals. (All much harder than the alligator report)
We went to the Tiger Woods Learning Center last week for their open house, and Kevin and Sam signed up for the sessions in July. Sam will be going to summer school, hopefully to jump up a class in Algebra, and Kevin will also probably take a band class at the jr. high to get a head start on learning percussion. I have tickets to go to the DCI finals in August, but need to get some for the show at MSAC for Kevin to see some real percussion pros. Jacob & Matt will be switching off and on with day care, where they will get their fill of field trips each week. Of course, swim lessons will be worked in somewhere, along with a few movies and band camp.
Two different groups of family are coming out the last week of June, the first week of July, and the boys are looking forward to playing with their cousins, aunt, uncle, brother, and nephews, as well as a new uncle-in-law. We also have a birthday for RJ, Jessie, grandma, and Jacob ("can we go horseback riding with Aunt Karen?") over the summer, and another big event - RJ goes back to work!
Mom continues chemo with round two tomorrow, and I will see how far I get with my new book. Went shopping tonite for the boys clothes to wear to the wedding; still have shoes, hair appts, shower, wedding, and birthday gifts to get. Honey, how's that re-fi on the house going??
Some more pics below from last weekend - DL and when the boys re-built some seriously corroded bird houses for the backyard.
Jacob & Matt in front of the sub ride:
Dad as the modern-day lumberjack:
Kevin doing some of the serious stuff:
I told them to paint the house in whatever color they wanted, but I didn't think they would paint it half and half. (Watch out boys, the camera will steal your spirits if you look into the lens):
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