officially started for us a week ago on June 1, with Henry's last day of school. That week was busy with his birthday on May 31. Entering summer all the kids have made dramatic changes over the last month or so.
Henry is officially a "reader". Having the first child of mine reading seems to launch all of us into a whole new world. Can anyone imagine life without reading? I can't, books were my friends and adventure when I was a kid (still are actually). Then Zane is officially potty trained and he is still 2. He is even dry at night, mostly. It was all pretty dramaless and I would want to pat myself on the back but I'll give him the credit on this one. I just took away his pants for a week and he was self-motivated when he heard that potty training was required for preschool. And Sadie my sweet precocious girl is walking. An aside that every day I marvel at her fascination with looking at people and animal pictures in books and all her words. The boys weren't even close to her verbal ability at 15 months, and still seem unfazed by pictures of people and animals (it's faces I think). Anyway, kind of random boy/girl difference.... Though she is just as active and crazy and they were.
My survival strategy is a schedule and a chore chart. Maybe by the middle of summer even I will be obedient to it, but at least we haven't had TV fights yet!
Joe and I have so many big changes on the horizon that I can be thankful for the mundane, it is keeping me only a little saner. Craft projects and hobbies/interests and vacations, those are a goal for the future.
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