Catching up...

Like everybody else, I have a serious case of the end of year business.   Some things we/I have been up to...

~I am getting in serious shape. I have been exercising every day.  I have tried cross fit, have been walking/running and even bought a step to do my old favorite step aerobics (I am so old school).  I am also eating super healthy...smoothies for breakfast and big salads for lunch.

~ Kate tried out for the swim team and made it!!!!  Will was signing up for swim team and we decided to see if Kate could make it.  We knew she could swim the 50 meter freestyle but we were not so sure about the backstroke.   Well, it needs some work but she made it!!  So, two of the peanuts will be on swim team this summer.

SO proud of my little fish...

~ In other Kate news, it was the kindergarten awards ceremony last week. Kate got her kindergarten "diploma" and she also got PERFECT ATTENDANCE!!!   This is a first for anyone in our family. I can tell you that I would have never guessed in a million years that Kate would have perfect attendance.  Kate used to be sick ALL THE TIME!  Remember, when she had mono and strep and pneumonia and the flu and constant ear infections?!  I mean she was always, always sick! Well, ever since those big old tonsils came out she has been healthy as a horse! {She also got tubes in her ears and had her adenoids removed.}  BEST thing we ever did!

Kate at the awards ceremony with her principal and her teacher.

~Harry had his last elementary school field trip last week.  The kids spent a whole day out at an awesome ranch.  They swam,  played mini golf, danced (with a DJ), played all kinds of games/sports, had burgers and dogs.  It was such a fun day.  I had tears in my eyes many times watching Harry have  so much fun with his good friends.  BUT the best part of the day was when he came up to me out of the blue and hugged me and told me he loved me. I about melted.  Harry almost did not want me to go to this end of year field trip/party so I was not expecting him to do THAT!  I love that kid!

I even got to see Harry dance!

~ One of the fun things about our kids school is that we are encouraged to go eat lunch with the kids whenever we can.  I try to bring the kids lunch once a month or so.  It is a great way to connect during the hectic school week and I really get to know their friends too.  Since this is the last time we can bring Harry lunch (the middle schoolers would rather DIE than have their parents come for lunch!) Dave and I brought special lunches up to Harry and friends.  Dave bought a ton of buffalo wings a few weeks ago and I bought up 4 pizzas last week.  I am really going to miss lunch with him at school.

~I have been very busy coordinating my summer spreadsheet.  I literally have a spreadsheet for the peanuts summer activities. Will is doing driver's education (Lord help me!), swim team, junior lifeguard program, Zoo Crew volunteer and sleep-away camp.  Harry is doing  3 weeks of sports camp, LaCrosse camp, Vacation Bible School, art camp (architecture) and sleep-away camp.  Miss Kate is doing swim team, art camp, sculpture camp, Vacation Bible school and gymnastics camp!  I guess I will be driving taxi service all summer:)  Our kids like to be busy.  They still have quite a few weeks though with nothing scheduled for pool, fun and down time.

~Okay I think I caught the blog up to date now. Harry has a big program at school tonight and graduation tomorrow night.  Will is at a water park with school all day today, has an 8th grade dance/party tomorrow night and graduation on Thursday.  WHEW! Our summer vacation starts Friday! Hope I make it!

And finally, since I like to tell y'all about good books I read.... LOVED the Book Thief.  Read it for book club and I really enjoyed it a lot.  Also, I read Divergent after Will raved about it.  It is great and if you liked the Hunger Games, you will like it.  I am about half-way through the sequel Insurgent too!