The kids last day of school is this Friday, June 27th. I think that is the latest anyone I know has
gone to school. Unfortunately, the
return of the Ice Age impacted the length of their summer break.
Lots of good news on Koen and Tessa... Koen is becoming an expert speller this year!
We had so much fun practicing words with
him for his Friday quizzes. Some of the tough ones… Chrysalis, Butterfly, and Metamorphosis. As for athletics, he participated in tennis,
soccer, lacrosse, and swimming and he realized lacrosse is not for him, but the
other 3 definitely fall into the “possible”
big kid sports. In soccer he is a
defensive star denying his little opponents the rush of a goal. J Tennis is fun too, but honestly I need to get
out there with him and see if we can make a go of it. That would be great exercise for me, for
sure! Lastly, Koen is a fantastic
swimmer. He is working on perfecting his
forward crawl. Crossing fingers he
passes the swimming test at White Pond so he can swim out to the raft. For those of you who know my younger years of
NOT swimming, that is quite an accomplishment for a 7 year old. J
Tessa, our other little star, learned how to master a 2
wheel bike on April Fool’s Day! She is
playing softball with other kindergartners and 1st grade girls and
having a blast. Since her great
grandmother Christina was a slugger, we have high expectations for this mini
slugger. So far she is doing
fantastic! Now if you remember, Tessa
had a rough transition from Preschool to Kindergarden, but thankfully she
figured school out and was flying smoothly by the half year mark. She is also swimming and is absolutely following
in my footsteps. Great swimmer as long
as she can keep her head above water...
Our goal for her this summer is to get her comfortable putting her face
in the water. Please send us some
positive vibes on that front. She has
been struggling with that for a while, but honestly, I can completely relate. I think I was 13 before I really swam well
under water. On another note, we got
Tessa a new big girl bike that she absolutely loves. By the time we get to P-Town for vacation at
the end of July, she should be an expert.
More to follow soon… Enjoy this beginning of summer!!!
