It is the last week of school and we have been all over the place with activities.

Gymnastics

Last night we attended the gymnastics “showcase” for Kristie, Charlee, Nikki, and Andrew at Patterson’s Soft Landing Gymnastics.  I have never been to an event like this and it was great fun for me to see what the kids have been working on and learning this year.

I thought they all did great!  Of course I may be biased.  They all progressed quite far throughout the year and I am really happy for them.  Kristie was even offered a spot on one of their competition teams, but since we are moving she isn’t taking the spot.

The highlight for the night, at least for me, was watching Kristie easily climb their rope.  It took about 20 seconds for her to get to the top of their 25 foot ceiling.  I was impressed.  Any time I have picked her up I’ve asked if they ever climb the rope and she has always said no.  When asked afterward why she always told me no when she had obviously climbed it so well she said, “We haven’t practiced until just last week.  We got to try and I climbed up it.”   It was just that easy I guess.

 

Dance Event

One of today’s activities was the end of year Dance Festival at the elementary school.  This has been a tradition there since Julie attended.  Each grade practiced and preformed a dance routine for a large crowd of parents.

I know this event is popular and expected, but I’d rather have skipped it.  The music was low and hard to hear.  The choreography was repetitive (which is expected for a large group of little kids).   And I don’t particularly like large crowds.

The kids were just one among a sea of others.  Because my kids are so short they were often hard to see in the group.  It was as good an event as I’ve ever seen it be, but still not a “must see” for me.  Julie probably feels different about it.

Little Red Hen

Following the Dance Festival, Nikki was also involved in a class play of The Little Red Hen.  I took Andrew home instead of attending.  Julie went and said it was adorable.   She needs to get some GoPro practice though because there was nothing in memory despite her claims she had the whole thing recorded.

Paying Tribute to the Porcelain King

And just to make this week a little bit more difficult, we have had illness going through the family.  It started with Andrew and Steven on Sunday morning.  Both vomited and earned a get-out-of-church-free pass.  Sunday afternoon, after church, poor JR had his turn right in the middle of a family movie.

That passed just fine and we thought by Tuesday we were all in the clear.  Then right in the middle of the gymnastics showcase Steven had two more episodes:  once right in the middle of the seated crowd, and then again as Julie was carrying him outside.  She got him outside and five minutes later he stated he wanted to go back in.  Julie said, “you can’t.  You’re sick.”   “I’m not sick, I’m happy :)!”

That was yesterday.   Last night it was Charlee’s turn.  Caitlin woke us sometime after midnight to tell us that Charlee needed new bedding.  Lovely.

Today was Lagoon day for the middle school and Caitlin was early anticipating going for her first time.  She left the house all ready to go.  About 20 minutes later she was on the phone telling us that she was ill to and fighting nausea.  So she missed Lagoon.   She didn’t vomit at all today, but Lagoon would have been a bad place to test the fortitude of your stomach.

Can Summer Begin Already?

I am more then ready for the school year, and this week,  to be over.  We have more than enough activities planned for us over the summer to keep us busy.  Family reunions, remodeling a house, pool time, fishing, moving, and hopefully a trip to Martin’s Cove in WY to visit some friends on a mission there.   We have activities galore planned, so let the fun begin!