Oh my, summer is busy! The first few weeks we just sort of hung out and had no rhyme or reason to our days. I quickly realized we needed the structure that school provided. We are doing more things now to try to keep some structure and ward off boredom.
I am happy with nothing to do and to just play things "by ear", but we were having lots of lots of fights around here! I mean, knock-down, drag-out fights. Thankfully (I don't want to jinx myself!), that seems to be less and less.
One huge change is that Emilynn had her 3 week check up, and got a waterproof cast last week! Yay! Her arm is healing nicely, and she is set to get this cast off July 1. Last week we swam 3 times in celebration of her waterproof cast. I think all casts for kids should be waterproof. The insurance companies disagree-and there's an extra charge for it. Insurance companies definitely rule the world-but the waterproofing was WELL worth the extra fee.
Another huge change at our house is that we got a puppy. Yep, you read that right. I can't believe it either. She was a gift from my sister Tori and her fiancé to the kids. She is a mix between a beagle and setter, but really looks more like a shepherd. At any rate, she is super cute and really sweet. She just hangs out by the door waiting for the kids to come play with her. I think she's going to work out fine, despite my initial reservations about having something else to take care of! She is absolutely NOT coming indoors, but she doesn't seem to mind that either. I will have to post a picture soon of Cowgirl Rose Ruby. Yep, that's her full name given to her by the kids. It's Rose for short.
We are doing all kinds of reading around here, and we are going to not only our little library, but now we are joining the twins' friend Genevieve at her library as well. Let me tell you, I may be a nerd-but I was in heaven with the huge selection of books at the new (to us) library! We have lots of trips there planned! Now I just have to keep books from two libraries separated, but I keep them in different bags. We have misplaced a few library books from time to time, so I am trying to train the kids to put them back in the bags for each library when done. We'll see how many we misplace. It's always fun turning the house upside down searching for books. Each of my kids is doing a summer reading challenge to read two books per day. That's a lot of reading we are doing! I don't think you can read too much.
Speaking of our friend Genevieve, we have been swimming at her pool once and we are going again this week I think. I am so thankful for the wonderful friends the kids have made this year at school! It is also nice to find another stay-at-home mom that we can connect with to do things during the day.
Oh, and as for our bucket list-we have crossed a few things off our list. Kool-aid is one of them. We have made 3 pitchers of kool-aid! Yep, we know how to live it up around here! :-)
I think it's safe to say, we are enjoying summer so far-cast and all!
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