The longest June on record

Ethan and Mrs. Wallace.


Kate and Mrs. Minton-Valley


Our kids are FINALLY out of school. I am ready to relax the schedule a bit (did I just say that??). The last day was Monday, June 16th. I don't ever recall being in school this late into the summer (yes, in my book summer begins June 1st if not before). The original last day was supposed to be the 12th (which I also think is outrageous), but we had "snow" days to make up. Of course when I went to school we walked uphill both ways to the very far away bus stop (not quite as bad as my parents had it) in rain, sleet, snow and hail and I don't remember 2 feet of snow closing school. Since our city of 50k+ probably owns maybe one snow plow we are at the mercy of even a few measly inches of the fluffy white stuff, which is all we got. I think we might have shoveled once.

This week we are doing almost nothing in preparation for a wonderful summer full of swimming lessons, family reunions, camping and outdoor movies (hint, hint Jason). Hooray for summer!

Graduation Day and Toothless Wonder

Nathanael graduated from preschool last week. He graduated from preschool last year too. What a disappointment it will be when he realizes you don't have a graduation party after every grade you complete! His teacher had three classes with about 12 kids each this year. I was very happy when she said the program would be short! He is so excited for kindergarten.




Jason Excerpt:

Sunday night when I got home from Seminary Graduation I went into each of the kids rooms. Kate said to me, "I don't want to eat breakfast in the morning."
The first thing that runs thought my head is anorexia, bulimia, the whole nine yards, she's only seven! I said, "You don't have a choice. You are going to eat breakfast. Why?"
"My tooth is loose and I don't want it to fall out."
"We can make scrambled eggs and you can eat applesauce then," I say.
"Good," she says. "Because I want my tooth to fall out at school, not at breakfast."


And that's exactly what happened. She lost her first front tooth during reading. She was thrilled that she made it happen at school. Her other front tooth is loose and if she loses that one before her permanent ones start growing I am not sure how she will eat. She's already telling us about how she can't eat this or that because of loose teeth or no teeth. On a side note, the tooth fairy had no trouble at all finding Kate last night. She almost forgot. . . again!