disappointment

I think that I somehow lost the month of May! Has that ever happened to you? I look on my calendar and I see that it was there, I see that I marked off each day but I just don't remember it! I guess I was just so excited for June and the school year coming to an end...and now it has!

Yesterday was the last day of school and how excited we were...I know I was! I should have known when the kids got up and were grumpy as all get out that something was going to happen and that it might not be good! I had it all planned: I would pick the kids up from school with "School's Out for Summer" all q'd up and ready to play, we'd come home and hang out for a bit, have pizza for dinner while watching the first America's Got Talent of the season and then we were going to meet up with friends for ice cream! It all SOUNDED so good! Picked the kids up and so far, so good. We get home and everything just fell apart! The grumpiness from the morning just continued...we had attitude, we had fighting, we had tears, we had it all and this was NOT what I had signed up for! Needless to say, my dear husband's famous saying, "Disappointment is caused by unmet expectations" came true. I had expected the day to be wonderful and filled with excitement and we were all going to get along and we were gonna have fun and it was gonna be great! I expected too much, therefore, I was a little disappointed! We are gonna start over! We are gonna have to figure out how the boys are going to get along this summer, which may be difficult since we just put them in the same room (what was I thinking?!).

Anyway, it is a new day and it is the start of summer. I am most looking forward to the carefree days and evenings. The thing I love the most is not having to put dinner on the table at exactly 5 since Zachary has to go to bed at 7! I love the idea of not packing lunches everyday! I love sleeping in...even till 7! I love staying up late reading or watching movies. I love not having a schedule, for the most part! THAT is why I love the summer...I can do without the heat!! Give me 70 degree temps all summer and I'd be great!!

We have a 1st grader and a 5th grader!

the day summer ended

Wow! The whole summer has gone by and I am just getting around to posting a new entry! We have had a busy summer this year ~ and when I say busy, I mean lots of swimming, staying up late watching movies, games, beach days, etc! We have enjoyed the company of each other, but I swear my kids have a sensor that they flip the week to 2 weeks before school starts that makes me ready to see the summer end! They start to get on each others nerves, they start to get on my nerves and I believe they even start to get on their own nerves!!! As much as I hate to see the summer end, I know that they are getting anxious for this new school year to begin. As I sit here typing out this blog, we still don't know what is going to happen with Zachary and his schooling. It is a possibility that I will be homeschooling him for his Kindergarten year. We have put it all in the hands of our Father and know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that what is best for Zachary and our family is going to be the outcome. I slept last night wrapped up in blankets of peace and it felt good!!

I sat the other day thinking about this summer and I could do nothing but smile! We started off the summer making a list of all of the things we wanted to do. The list included a pillow fight, catch lightning bugs, swim, stay in a hotel, the beach, Lake Erie, a boat ride and more. I wanted them to list the things they wanted to do and then we spent the summer working on crossing those things off one by one! We still have a few things that are unchecked, but we accomplished many of those things and we enjoyed every minute doing so! I am going to miss the carefree days we shared during the summer, but I am also looking forward to a routine! I am so thankful for the family that I have been blessed with...those in this house and those that live in other states!

Our Summer in a Nutshell...

crazy days of summer

I can't believe that it has been 2 weeks since I have had anything to say ~ we have been crazy busy, but it looks like things are beginning to settle down!! I love sleeping in, I love not ever knowing what time it is, I love being able to eat dinner whenever we want (we are early dinner eaters during the school year because Zachary still goes to bed at 7!), I love picking up and going to the spray park at 5 o'clock if we want to...I love the carefree days of summer! I'm not real crazy about being hot, but I'll live with it! We made a list of all the things we want to do during the summer: catch lightning bugs, pillowfight, game night, stay up till 11(the kids of course :), have a movie night out in the clubhouse, etc. I can't wait till we are able to check each of these things off. Each check mark is a memory and I want this summer to be full of togetherness and memories! I'm looking forward to it!

The family went and picked strawberries twice ~ I think we ended up picking about 24 pounds!! I made tons of strawberry jam for the first time and I must say, it was quite good ~ 1 jar of it is already gone! It was very time consuming, but so much fun and so worth it! To have the boys say, "I want your jam, Mama" ~ I love it! And, to be able to make it for my hubby was awesome, since it is his favorite! Now we are waiting on the cucumbers and tomatoes for the next project! We have spent many days at the spray park already! Zachary gets his cast off on Tuesday, so we are waiting until then to hit the pool! The doc said he could get his cast wet, but once it dries he can't get it wet again! Zachary is one of those kids that swims for about 20 minutes and then sits wrapped up under a towel for 3 hours! That would never work with the little cast! We have our summer all planned out! Crafts, reading, concerts at the bandshell, community activites, pool, vacation, etc. I like having all these things planned and not having to do ANY of them if we don't want too!! I like having the options with no obligations to be at any of them if it doesn't work out! Living in the moment this summer!

We did get some bad news, which I am trying to forget about till August or so! We have had problems with the school district that we live in...no one can really tell us which district we live in! To make a REALLY long story short: Dylan's school district is different than Zachary's ~ go figure! We opened enrolled Zachary at Dylan's school and another local school and found out that both were denied. The district that Zachary is in is HORRIBLE and we refuse to send him to that school. Then, the same day I got the letter about Zachary, I found out that Dylan may be shipped off to another school too! His class is so big that each year they have had to add a teacher to accomodate the size of his class...this year they decided to just ship the kids to other schools! We are afraid that Dylan will end up being sent somewhere we don't want him at and we will have no control over it by then! Needless to say, Dylan was heartbroken that Zachary won't be in the same school as him for his first year (and we have yet to let Zachary in on that bad news). Needless to say, we talked to Dylan and he is willing to go to a different school just so he can be with Zachary as long as he has the option of going back to his school at another time! We have open enrolled them at a school outside of Ashland and now it is in the Lord's hands ~ we won't know anything until August 19th and school starts on the 25th!! A little stressed but I am determined that I am leaving it in the Lord's hands and I'm not going to worry all summer about it. I am going to enjoy my kids and my husband and the extra time we all have to spend together. Carpe Diem ~ I am siezing the day!!

I guess, on that note, I will close this entry!