Tuesday was the last day of school. This made the kids very happy. I have mixed feelings about it. The good part is that I don't have to get up early to get them ready for school or go pick them up in the afternoon. We also have more time to do things together (when I can pry them away from the video games.)
The bad part is that all that togetherness usually leads to bickering. I'll also miss my alone-at-home time.
This week Emma has been taking swimming lessons at the Oldham County YMCA. It's a short one-week course that covers the different strokes with an emphasis on water safety. I thought it would be a good class to have before she goes to camp.
Conor and Emma are going to Camp Piomingo on the 20th. Emma will only be staying for three days and Conor will be there for a week. I told Jeff that this is my Father's Day present to him, getting rid of a couple of the kids for a few days. This will be the longest that either of them has been away from home without me. I picked a camp close to home that had short sessions because even though I joke about getting rid of them I'm not sure how well I'll handle being without them I worried that they would become homesick if they were gone too long. If they do well and enjoy camp and I don't suffer too much from the separation, we'll look into something longer next summer.
Sometimes I feel bad that I couldn't afford things like this for Trevor when he was their age. He doesn't seem to mind though. He probably thinks that being home without his brother and sister for a few days is a pretty good deal.
Yesterday the kids and I went to see Shrek2. (Jeff didn't come with us. He had the day off but had a dentist appointment.) I really enjoyed the movie. I think the story in the first one was better, but the second is still very good.
After the movie we went to Target where I got the 20th anniversary edition of Trivial Pursuit. I'm looking forward to beating everyone around here unmercifully and showing them who is the Queen of Trivia playing this with the family. I can't remember what day of the week it is, but for some reason I have a good memory for useless trivia so I usually do well with this game.
Yesterday evening Trevor went to a youth group meeting at the Crestwood Baptist Church. (We aren't members of that church but several of his friends from school go there.) It was raining when I dropped him off so when he called for me to pick him up I wasn't too surprised that he asked me to bring towels. They had played some game outside and the boy was soaking wet and very muddy. He claimed to have washed most of the mud off...but looking at him, that was hard to believe. At least he was having fun and doing something besides sitting on his butt playing XBox or GameCube.
Posted by marybeth at June 10, 2004 12:58 PM Family