It all comes to a close,...

Well, we are finished with another school year. Kyle graduated from preschool! He had a nice ceremony and even sat in the front row with his cap and gown. He pantomimed a few preschool songs and got an award for 'Most Sensitive.'

Zach did awesome, too. He's now a first grader! He got a citizenship award (like honor roll, but they aren't graded), and a special award for getting a citizenship award for all three trimesters.

Jared also did great - GPA of 3.84 and a special award for being on the Principal's List (the good list for getting good grades.) He got a trophy for track, and won 3rd place in a schoolwide drawing contest where he got a four pack of free bowling certificates (watch out Grandma Z!)

Daddy surprised them and came out for the assembly, then we celebrated at Red Robin and went shopping - Jared and Kyle chose Heelys and Zach got a Robot Monkey. To be a kid again, eh?

Saturday Jared took mom jogging. What a mistake that was! While he was leaping over puddles and running stairs to waste time, mommy was trying to keep up. He kept looking back shrugging his shoulders and exclaiming, " I'm not even sweating!" And to think after a month on the couch with a broken arm, mommy would have had a chance!

Then to closing ceremonies for baseball. Zach and Jared received trophies for their participation. At Jared's swimming party at a fellow teammate's house he got the 'Best Attitude' award.

Then, unfortunately, we had yet another calamity,...Jared slipped and hit tummy/face first on the side of the pool and bit through his tongue. No, not joking. He's okay. We stopped the bleeding and thank goodness held the ER at bay. But he is in quite a bit of pain and having trouble talking, as you can imagine. And this happened on the anniversary of Kyle's broken arm. So,.. either we have closed on a year of bad luck, or we just keep our kids locked up in their rooms on this date next year,... Bad luck comes in threes, right? So after the broken arm, staples in the head and the tongue piercing, we should be good to go, yeah?

Time to get ready for the day,.. Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there!

Well, hello! Yes, it took me a while, but I've remembered my user name so I could log back on and create more exciting blog entries. That fourth kid just really fries those brain cells! But, as you can see, she is certainly worth it! Sabrina is doing great on the solid food - quite the eater, actually. We've moved on from rice cereal to a bit of pear, and after the first initial shock, she is doing great.

Yes, pretty soon life will consist of pear juice margaritas pool side 24/7. The big boys only have one more week left of school. So far they've been doing nothing but watching movies and eating candy in class - not really sure what we are paying all that money for private school, to tell you the truth!

Jared got his cast off on Tuesday, and instead of being a steadfast parent, mom let him hang out for the day in the swimming pool. That evening he played his first baseball game in 3 weeks. They won the game - their second playoff game - 11 - 8. Friday we play again. Jared got walked the first time to bat, but struck out the next two times. He did well in the outfield, although he missed 3rd base. He has quite the arm - throwing the ball all the way from right outfield to 3rd is no small feat. Zach and Kyle entertained themselves for two solid hours playing their own rendition of baseball with their friends Tyler and Keaton - very cute.

We met with Kyle's speech administration as he transitions out of the county program to the district program becuase of his age. After 40 minutes (the session is only slotted for 20) we came away with continuing with two 20 minute speech therapy sessions a week even though he will be attending a kindergarten program in another county. We won! Very happy for that.

That's it for now. 'Bout time for bed.

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