Getting Ready

As an update to my last post about Natalie shopping, we went out again on the following day, Sunday, this time with Margot's mom with us. I bought Natalie another shirt, a skirt, another denim vest, and a pair of summer boots. She actually wore a dress paired with the boots when she and my family (minus Anthony) came to bring me lunch and visit me while I was on call on Memorial Day. I love her new look. :) Maybe this is her way of getting ready for middle school next year.

This is a picture of Eric at his swim practice today. Like Natalie, he doesn't want to miss any swim practices. It rained yesterday and he actually didn't want to go to swim practice, even though the rain had stopped. He didn't hesitate to get in the pool today, even though the water has been cold lately because of the recent rains.

Today they practiced how to do relay starts and the practiced what the start of each race was going to sound like. They used the same starting horn that they will use this coming Saturday. Eric is very excited about his first swim meet. He is adorable when he swims--he pulls his entire head out of the water to breath, unless it's the backstroke, in which case he seems to go faster because he doesn't have to worry about when to breathe. He can breathe all the time--like his sister.

Natalie had planned on going to the neighborhood swim practice tomorrow instead of her club swim practice so she can get to know those coaches a little better, in anticipation of the first neighborhood swim meet. Also, she can go to bed earlier when she swims in the neighborhood since her practice there is right after Eric's at 6:30-7:30 (instead of 6-8 for club swim). She didn't go swimming at all today, however, because of her period starting. She says she wants to swim tomorrow.

The kids are all getting ready for school to be over for the summer. Anthony has one more project due tomorrow and then he has one English final exam next week and that's it for his high school career. The rest of his classes either had projects as their final exams or he is exempt from their final exams. (He can be exempt from three final exams each semester but he was only able to be exempt from two.) His last day of school is Tuesday, June 4th.

Alex has finals this week and then supposedly he doesn't have anything next week. Natalie and Eric don't really have anything left, except fun stuff.  They have their Field Day tomorrow. Tuesday will be Mindfest (I'll blog about that next week), and Natalie has a Talent Show next Wednesday. Thursday, June 6th is the last day of school for all of them. Patrick had I will have at least two awards ceremonies on that day (for Alex and Natalie).

Then of course we're getting ready for Anthony's graduation next Thursday, June 6th. My friend Alicia told me today that I was right when I told her even though we think that we are busy now, we always get busier later. Both of her daughters had graduations the past two days. Yes, we will get even busier.