Summer Time!

Just when you think that summer will never get here, it starts to come at you really fast!  The end of the school year is a crazy time of year, especially when your family is at 3 different schools.  There are the end of the year parties, ceremonies, concerts, gifts, blah, blah, blah...

So, I am blaming the end of the year stuff on why I haven't blogged in a while.  Wow,  a lot of stuff has been going on as we were closing out our school year.

Sinobia cashed in her birthday gift.  She wanted a scuba lesson as a birthday gift and wanted to bring Gabby along for the fun.  So, sometime in May, I finally made good on my promise and signed them up for a scuba lesson.  Sinobia was of course, a natural in the water.  She needed about 5 minutes of instruction and then didn't come up for air (or a break) for another 30-40 minutes.  Gabby said Sinobia kept doing crazy tricks under water, taking her mouth piece out, blowing bubbles and then putting it back in (all while still under water).  Gabby was a little nervous at first, but started to feel comfortable after a few short dives.  After that, it was pretty much me looking lonely, because know one came up for a while.

Gabby was inducted into the National Honor Society in May.  It was a short but sweet candle light ceremony.  With college on the brain, she has been working really hard in school this year.  It has made Eric and my job easier, as we are doing a little less nagging..."Did you do your homework?"

 

Sinobia flew through 6th grade!  She loves everything about middle school and surprised us with her tween age work ethic when it comes to getting her school work done.  For all of her hard work, she was awarded a "High Flying Eagle" award for the 3rd marking period at Chute.  Another cute ceremony, but with a much better reception (pizza and cupcakes)!

And then there were the end of the year concerts (yea, orchestra videos!)....

Gabby was inducted into the TRI-M Music Honor Society this year, so she got a little shout-out during the Orchestra's Spring concert.   This concert is so long (2 1/2 hours on a Thursday evening)!  The only thing that keeps me awake is the fact that the orchestra is really good.

Sinobia, once again is the only bass player in the Chute 6th grade orchestra.  She is starting to understand that you can always hear the bass playing, so if she doesn't practice, we will all hear it.  This has motivated her to be a better bass player.  I think I recorded her faking some bass playing last year at the spring concert:)  This year, you can clearly see the difference 1 year makes in the life of a middle school kid.

Hmm....so, now all of the backpacks are piled up in the corner of our dining room.  Know one wants to unpack a years worth of stuff that has been shoved into our lockers.  Gabby started work on Monday and Sinobia is taking full advantage of some time off from school and swimming = sleeping all day!

I usually feel guilty about being off for the summer for the first week of vacations, so to ease my guilt, I have already cleaned out one closet!  I think today I'll do some laundry:)

Happy Summer!