The Bunch Start Summer

T goes without training wheels!

He loves his art kit.

Wow. We have had so much happen this past week. The most exciting, for me anyways, is that last Friday we finished with school for this year! Yay, free time. I have missed that for the past 9 months! So as I sit to write this on our very first official day of summer break I realize three things. Number one is that the kids no longer have pre-assigned work to occupy their time with, two being the judge of who is right and who is wrong is just as time consuming as teaching school (and probably more frustrating) and number three I really can never have really truly FREE time. As I sit here and write this, all the kids, still living here, are separating the rabbit food from the dogfood. Sounds easy right, not to mention a little weird. I have no idea who is the culprit this time or their reasoning for thinking combining the two would be a good thing. I do know that 2#'s of rabbit food stirred into about 20# of dog food makes for a very daunting task to separate them. Since the guilty party won't admit to it. They all get to work. I was going to help, but then thought "wait a minute I know I am the only who definitely didn't do it." I feel sorry for the two innocents, but I bet the guilty party won't do it again. We might have to start school up soon just to keep them out of mischief.

This week was also full of last firsts. What's a last first you ask. A last first is when you know you're witnessing the last time you see a child do a first, which is almost all of your last child's milestones. It is a bitter-sweet time. You are so happy that they are becoming more independent, but at the same time a little sad that one day before you are ready they will be gone and no longer drawing you pictures and picking you flowers or jumping in your bed at 6:30am excited to start their day. Okay, I admit I REALLY do not like that last one too much right now, but I am sure I will think back on it with fondness at some point in the distant distant future. Our youngest learned how to ride his bike without training wheels this week. He is not quite ready for our jogs yet, but within the next couple of weeks should be steady enough to hit the streets again.

The youngest daughter finally received her doll I ordered in January. It is one of Linda Murray's SO Truly Real dolls. Yes, it is very expensive and yes from a distance in bad lightning it looks very much real. We have had strangers approach us in the store and think it is real. I have no doubt if she leaves it in the car in the summer I will have some good samaritan knock my window out. This newest addition also breathes and has a heart beat, though I think she looks more real without those turned on.

L's dolls

Our new baby Sophia

My hubby playing in the sewer line to fish out the tree roots.

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