School has been out almost a month and I can't even begin to understand where the time has gone! Well, ok, that's not true--it has been filled with travel, camps, days at the pool, and baseball for all three of them. WOW! Whoever coined the phrase *Lazy Days of Summer* DEFINITELY did not have three young kids in their house!
Anyway, when I came home from work yesterday I was greeted with two big announcements from my kids. The first was from Lars. He announced that he had passed the deep water test at the pool and showed me the signature "yellow band" that they wear (see pic). He was grinning from ear to ear! In my mind he's still too little to swim in the deep end! He was so proud and he even jumped off the high dive. Way to go Lars!!
The other announcement was from Drew. Yesterday was his last day of Iowa basketball camp and at the end they always have an awards ceremony. Well, he had already won an award for Hawkeye Camp Hustler of the Day earlier in the week, and his team didn't get off to a very good start in their tournament so he assumed he would not be getting any awards on the final day. Much to his surprise, his team rallied back on the final day and ended up winning the whole tournament so he ended up getting a trophy! Drew had a blast and can't wait to go back next year!
While I don't see any lazy days ahead, we sure are having fun amongst all the chaos! Before I know it I'll be stocking up with school supplies...but not before we set out on at least a few more adventures!
Snacks and new books for airplane =$30
On Friday, May 22, 2009, Maddi graduated from Kinderfarm Preschool! She was so excited to walk across the stage with the homemade graduation hats they made. She really had a blast there and during the final week of classes they got a new pot bellied pig. They named her Pearl because she is white. Maddi came home from preschool telling me all about Pearl. I told Maddi that one of her teachers had told me that she was named Pearl because she was white. Maddi immediately disagreed and said, "No mommy, she's pink!" I assured Maddi that the whole reason she was named Pearl was because she was white, but Maddi became insistent that she was pink. Not wanting to cause an argument, I waited until Maddi went back to school a few days later and was telling her teacher this story and she laughed and said, "Well, she is supposed to be white, but she got SUNBURNED over the weekend!" Ahh...pink, of course. 
Lars and Maddi are on the same t-ball team this summer. Truth be told, Lars could have moved up to the next level but since Drew also plays baseball, I wasn't too thrilled with the idea of three kids in three different leagues. Lars is probably the biggest kid on his team and always whacks the ball to the outfield. He thinks that's pretty cool. Being in the outfield doesn't really interest him that much though, maybe his future is in pitch hitting. On a side note, he did tell me he wanted to sign up for wrestling camp this summer, because he wanted wrestling shoes. As long as he has a reason I guess!!
