Summer Here We Come

Well, we are officially on Summer Break - the girls had Monday off, and then went to school on Tuesday and Wednesday (really - why would you do a teacher in-service with only 2 days left in the school year....) and then they were done.  On Wednesday, after school, a bunch of kids from the girls classes and their parents got together at a near by park to play and have a little end of school party.  They had a blast - but Eileen and Anna's favorite part was this tree - it was a huge and very climb-able tree - Anna went nearly to the very top of it - but did just fine both on the way up and on her way back down.  All the kids had a great time - It was really warm - Aaron just ran around playing, Evie befriended all the parents (mostly because they were near the food) and I chased after James for an hour and a half.  He was funny to watch - at first he just stood by me quietly observing.  Once he got going though, he was unstoppable.  He climbed up a grassy hill, then scooted down on his bum saying "weeee-oh-weee-oh-weeee"  

Mostly he wanted to run around looking at people and things.  

The girls have been wanting to get their hair cut for summer, so we took them to the mall to get a hair cut - Eileen and Anna both have cute little bob cuts now (you can kinda see in the picture below)  While we were there, I took Evie to get her ears pierced - she has wanted it for awhile now and she did pretty good - she cried a little, but was fine once she got her suckers.  The only problem, she lost one and she didn't like sleeping with them on - and so before she had them pierced for 24 hours, they were out.  I'm rather sad and annoyed by it...... but what can you do.  

Dan got into town early Thursday, he sent me out of the house to meet Becky for lunch and a pedi - it was really nice to get out for a bit and nice to de-stress.  Then we went to piano lessons and then home.  On Friday, Dan took the girls up for a Daddy-Daughter camp out.  They had a blast - but Daddy came home totally exhausted on Saturday.  Saturday night, we got a baby sitter and went out with Newell and Becky to see the new Star Trek movie.  

Aaron and Evie got a hold of some combs and water and had fun doing my hair for awhile - it's funny to listen to them - and I like getting my hair brushed - even by two little kids.  :)

Church was really nice today - James was rather talkative, but at least he was happy.  One lady who gave a talk quoted the psalmist who said "Children are an heritage of the Lord" then reminded us that they are a gift!!  And I started thinking that often, I think and act more like I am God's gift to them - when really it's the other way around - so my goal for this upcoming week is to look for ways that my kids are a gift to me, and also look for ways to show my gratitude for that gift.