Alright I’m back. The summer is rolling along and the days all seem to be blending together. Yesterday I tried to recall what we did last Saturday and I couldn’t.  So if nothing else, I need to keep record of how we’re spending our precious days.

Let’s start with my birthday (June 11). It was a Thursday, so it progressed like any other weekday until about 5:30p. That’s when Hollis came home and supplied pizza and my required cake from BJs. Love, love, love those cakes! A few of our friends came by to eat and to sing to me, and to watch me blow out my candles. I only allowed four candles on the cake–one for every decade in which I’ve lived. I finally feel like an adult. It happened somewhere between 33-34. I went from feeling like a child acting like an adult, to feeling like an adult who can be child-like. Hollis wrote me a wonderful letter, in which he guided me on a scavenger hunt throughout the house for my gifts. It was great! It reminded me of our courtin’ days. After gifts, pizza, cake and song, we left everyone here at the house while Hollis shuttled me off for another surprise: tickets to see a play in uptown! How in the world had I forgotten how much I love the theater? It was a really great birthday thanks to my hubby.

Fathers’ Day we served him breakfast in bed and gave him gifts, then we went to church. At the door each father was handed a small bag that contained a matchbox car. From the pulpit the pastors said that whoever had the white racecar with the number nine on it wins a prize. It was Hollis! As he walked to the front to claim his prize the song “Car Wash” was playing in the background (the prize was a gift card to Autobell carwash). I don’t know what came over him but the next thing I knew he was in front of the church dancing to the music! Of course people were clapping and cheering him on. I loved it!

My June summer days are crawling by. The boys and I are having fun together. That’s all we’re doing until next month. Beginning in July we’re going to incorporate some structured learning back into the day, so the transition back to the structured school day in August will go smoothly. But for now the kids are truly enjoying a break. I’m also working on getting Jadon out of the habit of midday naps. Turns out there will be no rest time in the school day schedule! I was shocked to learn that; I thought naps were part of all Kindergarten days.

Starting in July I’m going to up the ante on Caleb’s toilet training during the day as well. He’s going to spend more time in underwear instead of a Pullup. Not looking forward to this at all. However, it is TIME! I have been changing diapers for 5 1/2 consecutive years! ENOUGH!!!!!

Gonna start posting more in July. Thinking of putting Breakfast Blogging into our schedule, probably alongside Jadon’s Journaling. We’ll see.