Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Powering through the last few weeks of school!!!

It may not feel like summer is almost here (hello, hi temp of 52 degrees today) but it is! Haley's out next week, Harper the week after and the big girls the week after that. I never thought as a parent I would be as anxious for them to get out as they are but I am. Can't wait to not pack lunches (except for the beach), no rushing out the door, Harper can take an hour at breakfast without it causing me an ulcer, no more instrument practice and it goes on and on. Plus, we're starting our summer break off with our trip to the beach...yeehaw!!!

Some happenings...Harper finished speech therapy so we celebrated with ice cream for dinner. We have driven past this baskin robins for the past year and every time Lily says "can we stop for ice cream?" so I promised them ice cream for dinner when we were done with speech.

Lily turned 10, 10!!!! How have we been parents for a decade? I've been unemployed for 10 years, how does it go by so fast? Jason who isn't usually as sentimental as I am, was a little sad his little girls are growing up.

Haley had her Kindy evaluation today and she actually seemed excited about it, I was getting concerned she might be the one who is finally going to cling to my leg begging me not to leave her. When people ask her if she's excited to start kindy, her usual answer is "NO" but Ms. M told her how smart she was today so I think that helped...;)

The biggest news in our house, especially if you ask Lacy, is the puppy! We're getting a puppy, should be home by the end of June. The girls must have asked, "are you serious?" a million times. They were way more excited about that than any trip!! I'm super excited too. For Lacy, she's such an animal lover (she may like them more than people) and I think this will give her a hobby other than reading even though she's reading books about the dog now.

Since the weather is warming up or was warming up, Jason's been taking the girls down to the dock to fish and it's just the sweetest thing every how excited they get. Not so much about fishing, but just hanging out with their daddy. I do not enjoy fishing and I love that it's something they do with just him. Before he gets home in the evening, they will practice casting on the driveway...and occasionally get their line stuck in the weeds. I'm so glad to be married to a man who must have the patience of a saint...4 girls, 4 fishing poles with hooks, worms, Harper's musicality while fishing. A saint I tell you!
Look it's spider girl!
At the ophthalmologist office, glad I got a second opinion after the optometrist said she had to wear glasses all the time, patch her eye & on and on. No glasses, no patch, recheck her in a year!
Harper made this for me, she brightens my day everyday!
Lily got her own camera for her birthday, it's kind of a big deal...
Don't you vacuum in your heels on a Saturday morning????
Hmmm....wonder why we attract so much attention when we're out and about?
Pretty day hanging out with Haley in town, there are some perks to hanging out with me
Must have lipstick on while waiting for my sisters in car line