What We've Been Up To

I started this post intending to update everyone on everything that we have been doing that impeded me posting before, but now it is all blurring together. We had an incredibly busy end of the school year for the Moo, who is now proudly announcing to all who ask (and some who don't) that she is a rising first grader. Her last report card was all Cs (for "consistently") the highest grade on the LCDS Kindergarten report card. She was momentarily dismayed when I told her ("But Mom, I wanted all As") until I explained the grading system. LCDS does not have a graduation ceremony for outgoing Kindergarten students, but Beantree does, so last week we attended her finacee C's graduation. We decided to sit in the back in order to allow the families with children who were actually in the ceremony to be closer to the stage, but the Moo apparently felt that the back row was not befitting a future daughter-in-law, so she deserted us to sit with C's mother and father.

The Bean remains the Bean, absolutely crazy and determined to meet life head on. She is proud that she moved up to Ms. Annie's class, and is really enjoying trying out her new writing skills but making Mom tell her how to right words like "bug," "invitation," and (the most popular) "Fidel." She conned me into a fudgesicle earlier this afternoon when we got home, and right now is trying to talk me into giving her some dessert from supper. I told her "no way, you already had a fudgesicle" and she looked at me like I was crazy and said "Mom, that wasn't dessert. That was an appetizer."

Don't even get me started on the *@$#$^ dog.

Summer!

We are in full summer swing in the Moo Bean house, and I think we are going to survive (but will let you know for sure in September). Mom does not deal well with changes to routine, so it may be that everyone does great with it but her. The Moo started summer camp at the Potomac School today where is one of the Panther Prowlers. Her day will include cooking, art, music, computers, swimming, nature hikes, and French (as an aside, what is with the continual teaching of French? I would rather they offer something useful, like Spanish, or Mandarin). She is going into work with Mom early in the morning, then getting dropped off at camp at nine and picked up at three. She was excited to get up this morning because she knows the cafeteria at Mom's work has oatmeal, but I am sure it will not be long before I am either dragging her out of bed or taking her to work asleep and in her pajamas.

The Bean has moved up to the next level in her classroom and is dealing fine with being in school an extra hour and a half while Mom picks up Moo. She is a trouper! She is also loving that we have started summer swim team and that she gets to be part of it! She is on the mini-dolphins so she will only have one meet this summer, which will only be the minis and will allow them to use the kick boards if they need them. However, last week she swam the 25 on her own! Her form was a little lacking, but she made it across the pool and we were very proud of her! She is also over the moon about starting at LCDS this fall -- she can't wait to go to "the Moo's school."

Mom will also be making some changes in the fall as she takes a brief career diversion to be an instructor for new officers for two years. It was a great opportunity for Mom to do something a little different for awhile and work closer to home, so she is excited and nervous at the same time. Will keep you all posted on how that progresses as well -if I don't chicken out, my start date will be 14 September.

That's it for now! Hope everyone is well and had a great Father's Day! Also hope that new baby Brinleigh is settling in well, and that little baby Emmerson is letting his mom rest up before his arrival.

Happy Father's Day!

A few pictures from our Father's Day Brunch in Annapolis! Hope you enjoy and sorry we have not been posting much lately! Mom plans to be better about it in the future, and will leave you with these thoughts from the Moo and Bean on fathers:

Bean: Fathers are important because they need love by them and, well, they look after you every every day and they take care of you and they sing songs and they also come and play with you.

Moo: Fathers are important because they love you and that's all I have to say.