Where has my summer gone?

Seriously....can summer really be about over? Did i really just get the registration packet for my kids to start back to school in a few weeks? Does this mean i should unpack their backpacks from when school ended?

Its been a crazy summer, and honestly, i might just be ready for school to start again. Although something tells me that once all the school activities start up again that we will be just as busy if not busier!!

We have done a lot of camping this summer. Camping and hiding out from severe weather...that's how i would explain what we have been doing this summer.

The good news...my earwig bug problems are going away...finally!!! They have been replaced by the mud wasps. My daughter asked me the other day which ones i preferred, the mud wasps or the earwigs. She herself is terrified of wasps so her only time outside is spent dashing from the house to the car...goofy girl. I also hate wasps with a passion, but at least they don't come in my house. I have killed so many earwigs in my house, my laundry, my clean laundry!! I have just really grown to hate the little suckers....probably even more then the wasps.

Also something exciting for us is Dylan is starting a new Physical Therapy. The bonus is that its right here in town and the therapist is AWESOME!! I can't say enough good about her. For the first time since Dylan was found to have CP i feel like we finally have a therapist that can get Dylan to his full potential!! This however does require PT at least 2x a week, maybe even 3 if we can manage it.

So that about sums up our summer. We have one more vacation planned in August, then its school registration, Dylan gets tested for visual processing disorder (and possibly even MORE therapy), Morgan turns 10....YIKES, i finish up my FINAL CLASS...WOOHOO, and then back to school for 3 of my kids. Morgan will be in 4th, Dylan in 2nd and Logan starts kindergarten. Then my baby...he will start preschool:(

So odds of life slowing down anytime soon are not looking good, but that's ok...its keeping me young and i sleep REALLY good at night:)

Say Cheese!!

This is the response i get from my youngest when i ask him to give me a nice smile. I give up:) Picture taking was much easier when they were babies and thought every little noise i made was funny.

Life

I am going to use life as my excuse for not posting anything for over 3 months. March came around and it was just one thing after another. School has been my main focus and i am SO happy to say that i have one more class and i am DONE!!!!! When questioned by my student advisor if i wanted to go on to get my Bachelors degree in business management i just busted out laughing and then finally managed to say "NO!"

I am also happy to report that in the last 3 months the snow has finally gone away....for this brings me great JOY! May has been lovely (minus the 30 degree weekend we camped and the 30 degree day at Tulip Festival). I am really enjoying being warm again, its great.

Not much else is new, Morgan and Dylan will have their last day of school tomorrow and then off to a fun filled summer at Summer Care. Logan finished up preschool and will be heading to Kindergarten in the fall, i am hoping the teachers get LOTS of rest over the summer cause they will need it!!

Jackson will also start preschool in the fall. Kind of hard saying those words as he is my baby. Yet its so much fun watching him grow, i really missed out on some of these things with my other children because there was always another baby on the way, or an infant to take care of, or a toddler to chase after. So even though i am sad to see him grow, its amazing to watch him transform from toddler to little boy.

So what does the summer hold for us? Hopefully no strep throat. That's really all i remember of last summer and i could do without that. Forever. We plan to do some camping, the kids love camping and i love making memories with them! Also a trip to Minneapolis with the entire family, very excited about this and keeping my fingers crossed that we are all speaking to each other by the end of it J/K! Sort of.

The rest of the summer will be spent with the kids at the pool, playing some Summer Rec activities and just enjoying the warm weather. Cause i know that i will blink and we will have a foot of snow again!!

I'v got the winter blues....

I may have mentioned this in previous posts, but i hate winter. Most winters i can tolerate the snow, and the cold, and i really prayed for a mild winter, but that was just not in Gods plans i guess.

I think we have had something like 500+ inches of snow...that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but its close. The drifts on either side of my driveway are almost taller then me....that just a ton of snow. Then of course there is my lack of coordination to deal with. Me + Ice = pain. I have fallen twice now, neither time was all that graceful of a landing, and i could feel some very bruised body parts for a few days afterwards...is that a sign i am getting old?

So today is the 1st of February, i am trying to stay optimistic and thinking that next month is March and then spring will soon follow...or it had better soon follow!!! Hopefully it wont be long and i can enjoy being outside again, i can go outside without freezing exposed body parts, i can go outside and not get several inches of snow stuck up my pant legs, i can go outside and stay on my feet....well maybe, i am really not that graceful on completely dry ground, but still...Spring can't come soon enough!!