finally…
The last day of school finally ground down today… amidst the first rain we’ve seen in more than a month! Its cold, grey, rainy, and the kids have been home for hours playing board games, guitars, computers, and there’s a pot of soup on the stove for dinner. I’m missing my nap time — think I can convince them all to lay down for an hour this afternoon? — and any hopes of attending the neighborhood end-of-school pool party are kind of being dashed by the rain.
On the other hand, the cool weather has me thinking I’m cold, I should knit a sweater (because that would happen fast enough to alleviate the cold, right?)
As the summer is gearing up, we’re happy to report that the compound bow Fuul got me for our anniversary is seeing lots of use at the local shooting range (can you say “family pass”), the neighborhood pool is heated, and JS is spending more and more time here at home, even if most of that time is spent glued to video games and guitars. (They’re all turning into teenagers, I suppose).
DA’s musical television debut should air this evening on the news; I have both the six and eleven o’clock episodes scheduled to record, and I keep checking online to see when they put the longer version up so I can share it with everyone.
DA and AE are in the living room re-jiggering “Hoist the Colours” for guitar; I think they want to take it to the next open mic night at the local coffee house.
My yard is overgrown; the brambles have started shooting out of the ivy and I’m not sure how to get them out without killing off the ivy too. And I need to do some tree and bush trimming and clean out the gutters. Woohoo.
EK’s talking is taking off… only none of us can understand 95% of what she’s saying, so I need to find her a new speech therapist for summer, to take advantage of the explosion. But its so exciting to see her making the effort!
We finally reverted this week and got a ‘landline’ phone, because the kids were running up my cell phone bills. (They keep asking me how they charge for the phone if it isn’t by the minute! Poor kids have no idea how landlines work!)
OK. Going to go check on the soup and see if it isn’t time to eat something warm and do some knitting in this chilly grey weather (here in the middle of June!). Hope you all are having a spectacular summer!