The kids have a half day of school today, and then we have the official countdown as to how long it will take them to say the “B” word (B O R E D).  🙂

We all have a restful week of unplanned activities outside of Scouts for the son-man and hubster, and then our oldest takes off for her mission trip with our church youth to Chicago and the hubster and son-man head to Boy Scout camp.  What are the two little girls and I going to do??!!  I just heard from my MIL and nephew that he will be back that week, so that means I will have someone for the girls to play with so I can work!  Yippee!!!

DD#2 received another award yesterday from her band teacher – most improved player for the year!  I have to agree with him, since she went from 6th grade band to high school band with nothing in-between!  Very proud of her accomplishments!

As we end this school year – we have sadness and losses, too.  The principal has accepted a position elsewhere, and although he deserves to move so he can be with his wife, he’s been a relatively good principal (after I had to get on him the first year).  Our school superintendent also requested resignations from the art teacher and the band teacher – which means our middle schooler will have no fine art options and our high schooler is left with just one fine art option.  Very, very upsetting – since both girls have God-gifted fine art talents that they will no longer be able to enhance at school.

We have a full summer planned, though, so there won’t be as many opportunities for the kids to whine and cry about having nothing to do – and if they do, we’ll start unloading the crap stuff in their bedrooms and make them do a little spring-into-summer cleaning!