We had a great time at the kids graduation/swim party. Though I wasn't fully thinking, and I have no pictures to share. All the pictures had lots of other people in them and I never asked if I could put their pictures on the internet. So no pictures, sorry.
But it was a great time. The food was awesome, though I think I've gone into a dairy overload from this past weekend and all the pasta dishes at the potlucks. For those of you who don't know, we have drastically cut out dairy. It was causing Paul to get ear infections, and as I cut it out of my cooking for him, I found I was feeling a lot better too. I never realized how congested and stuffy I was until I didn't eat that much dairy. Well this past weekend was loaded with dairy. Now I'm congested, stuffy and my ears feel funny. Hopefully this week we can get the dairy out of our system, I won't be cooking with it at all.
Anyway, the graduation was so sweet. They brought each class up there and gave them the certificates and all us parents took our pictures. Truly, though, I wish I had my video camera. In Paulie's grade he was the only one up there, so like for every other group all the parents are clapping and such. So Paulie starts to take bows, raises his hands up with this 'thank you' type wave, bows again. He was just hamming it up, it was so cute. Sarah and her friend were in the same class, and neither of them wanted to go up in front of everyone. They were a bit . But they went up and I got some good pictures. Of course now Sarah has to keep walking around saying she's in Junior High since she's starting 7th grade. Junior high, ugh. Then the kids swam for the last hour or so. They had so much fun, and I'm surprised all of us parents aren't deaf. It was too cold outside to use the outdoor pool, so all the kids swam in the indoor pools. Lets just say it was hard to carry on conversations with other moms. Everyone had fun, the kids enjoyed getting their first graduation certificate and it was great fellowship. I guess summer break is fully underway now.
Homeschool play group has been moved to mornings now, 10:30am. We moved it so the kids weren't playing outside in the heat of the day. Of course you would never know we are in summer right now. We won't get out of the 60's today and we'll only be in the 50's tomorrow. I guess our week of 80's about a month ago was our summer.
Also, if you think about it, could you please keep the kids in prayer today. They have their first eye doctor appointments at 3:40pm MT today. I'm sure Sarah will be fine with the appointments, and I'm sure her eyes are fine too, we just want to get them checked. Paulie is the one I'm nervous about. I'm not sure how well he'll do during the appointment, but mostly, I pray if there is an issue with him that they would find it. I don't want the doctor to miss something, or that they do such a routine exam, they don't catch something small that might be affecting his reading and close up work. So please, if you think about it could you say a prayer for us. I am blessed, Paul is able to come with us this afternoon which will help out a lot. I'll try and update tonight, if I can, on how the appointment went. Thanks.
Lifting Paulie up in prayer. I pray that all that is needed to be seen ...seen. I was hoping to call before I left but I guess I will when I get home. Life is soooooooo full. I miss you and wanted to let you know. I am glad that you all are having so much fun.
We haven't totally cut dairy out of our diets, but none of us drink milk, this alone has made a huge difference.
It sounds like it was a fun graduation. I wish so much our co-op would do more fun things for our kids, they only offer boring classes. Hey, maybe next time we talk you can give me some hints, I might approach our leader again on this issue.
(((hugs)))
Katia
P.S keep praying for Cinder, she didn't want too much water today, the doctor said she needed a lot, she also seemed a little down.
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All the pictures had lots of other people in them and I never asked if I could put their pictures on the internet. So no pictures, sorry.
. But they went up and I got some good pictures. Of course now Sarah has to keep walking around saying she's in Junior High since she's starting 7th grade. Junior high, ugh. 
Then the kids swam for the last hour or so. They had so much fun, and I'm surprised all of us parents aren't deaf. It was too cold outside to use the outdoor pool, so all the kids swam in the indoor pools. Lets just say it was hard to carry on conversations with other moms. 
Everyone had fun, the kids enjoyed getting their first graduation certificate and it was great fellowship. I guess summer break is fully underway now.
I guess our week of 80's about a month ago was our summer.
