The kids are almost out of school. Crazy! I will have a 2nd and 4th grader on my hands! My boys have grown up so much this past year. They are my light and my joy, my blessings from Heaven (and sometimes I have to remind myself of that). Ethan was in a play this year, Alice In Wonderland, and he stepped out of his comfort zone a little bit and I'm so proud of him for that. He is my worry wart, so I'm hoping as he grows we can teach him to let go and be free, be a kid! I know I tried for so long to be "grown up" when I was younger, now I feel as if I definitely want to recapture that freedom of a child. So it's hard for me to see Ethan (or any kid) having to deal with a lot of stress.
Elijah, since he was born, has been a live wire (and actually that goes back to when he was in the womb!!) We are trying to find what his passion is going to be. We are signing both him and Ethan up for Karate (a 12 week course), and we will look into sports too. He can be frustrating one second and a complete joy the next. What we need to work on with him is patience (darn it, I think we all could use help in that area). This summer I'm hoping to be able to teach him patience, and not hurry. Cause when we hurry, we often mess things up and it takes us twice as long to get it done than if we would have just slowed down and did it right in the first place.
Most importantly, we are going to be reading this summer. The library puts on a summer reading program every year that we've participated in. This summer the kids will be able to read a lot of the books on their own, which will be a first. They love to read! And we've found a lot of movies that they like were books first (they are going through the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series after seeing the movie, and Ethan and I are going through Harry Potter again).
I'm looking forward to their summer break. :-) Hope everyone has a great summer!
