Summer has arrived...kind of

Well, summer is in full swing around our house these days. Among the highlights of summer was Alaric catching his first fish. Although small, he was thrilled nonetheless with his new found love of the sport!
We just ended our three week "vacation" from school and are about to start up a six week run and then we will finish out the summer with another three week break. We took an extended winter break and we're still catching up a bit. The boys each have about three weeks worth of math lessons to finish up. I am hoping to do our first lapbook over the summer. I really love the idea of unit studies and think it will be a wonderful way to cement what we have learned.
Speaking of school, I got the disappointing news that Alaric will not be able to enroll in HEART this year. HEART is a homeschool enrichment program. The program is full. While this news is kind of a downer, I do believe both of them will be able to attend Homeschool University which is much closer to our house. Almost all of their friends go to HEART, but it was about a 50 minute drive without traffic. So, this is probably for the best in the long run.
I was able to go to Dumas, TX (sounds big time right) to see my sister and her family. It was filled with a lot of laughter and memories. I miss seeing them so much! It was so great to spend some much needed QT with Maren and her family. I got to meet Taysia and Camron for the first time and they are truly wonderful! I didn't really realize how much I missed having my sister and Mahala around. Although Maren has expanded her family since she lived with us, I have a special bond with Mahala...that was evident by the waterworks when it was time for me to leave. Mahala was so very sad to see Kyria and I go, but hopefully we will get to see them the end of the summer when they come to visit us in the Chicagoland area! They are hoping for a mid-August road trip. There are many promises of visiting all of the local splash parks, so hopefully we can make it happen!



















Kyria has gotten so big and is just full of personality. She is starting to crawl...real crawling, not just scooting. Zander has decided that she is his rag doll and he should pick her up and haul her around the house. We try and disabuse him of this notion, but to no avail. He really does love his little sister. Most of the time, it is very sweet to observe.

















Callan is in summer school right now as well. He is continuing the summer program with speech and occupational therapy. He has only been in the afternoon program and this program is in the morning. It has definitely been an adjustment having to have him up, fed and on the bus by 7:30 in the morning. He has made so much progress this year. I couldn't be happier with the school and all they have helped him with this year.
Well, that is all for now. I have so much more to write, but think I will spare you for now. Hope the summer is treating everyone well!