Summer Begins!

Ahhh summer, just the sound of it makes me smile and feel warm inside. Some of our best childhood memories happen in the summertime. Ethan and the kids had their last day of school a few days ago. Maddie isn't so sad this year she says though "Mr Wilkinson has been her favorite teacher." She worked on her little gift certs the last few days of school writing something special for each teacher whether it was PE or Art. She is one thoughtful young girl. So thoughtful in fact that she asked me to write the same thing to a teacher as I did last year because as Maddie put it "I want her to cry again when she reads the note." Well Maddie wrote her own note and this teacher cried:) Maddie was pleased.
Aidan is not upset in the least that school is over with for some time. Thats not to say he won't miss Mrs Hauschild, she was a patient and kind and nurturing teacher for him. She got him a scholarship for summer school starting in July and goes til early Aug. Its just a few hours a day, Monday-TH.
Aidan has been having great fun with his neighbor buddy, CJ. CJ comes over and they play "crash up cars" and "war" with water guns/marshmallow guns. He is also doing T-ball right now and the funniest thing happened on the first game he played. Aidan is a total "watcher" so while he was playing 1st base he was listening to the opponents coach talk to the runner on 1st. Aidan was shaking his head so intently listening like this coach was talking to him! When the batter his the ball, the 1st baseman took off running...and so did Aidan! The runner at 1st was able to make it all the way home before the ball came near the plate...and so did Aidan!!! Myself, my Mom and EThan were laughing so hard we had tears coming out of our eyes. Later the next day we had a talk with Aidan about playing offense and defense:)
Maddie just finished Cheer for the season. They had a fabulous record. The State Cheer Competition took place the day after school got out and they placed 2nd!!! Maddie loves cheer to say the least. She practices her toe touch, pike and herkie jumps EVERY day! She wants to try out for Elite Cheer in August and we think she may just have a chance to make it.
So now we have a 4th grader and a 1st grader in the household...the years just keep flyin by...