What we are doing now

Ella has been out of school for a full week now. Seems so much longer! Kim has already come and gone, Eric is finishing up his last project and we are preparing for a busy weekend. Saturday, little John will turn a BIG 3! Sunday, we will spend the day celebrating Eric.

The boys love having Ella home. We sleep in a little, i realize that 8 to 8:30 is really late to some people so i am very grateful. We eat breakfast and then workbooks.

I am an awful mother for making my children do workbooks to be prepared for the next school year. Oh well. Jack LOVES his. I am guessing he might finish two workbooks this summer at the rate he is going. Ella is not as fond of hers. It requires her to write quite a bit and is more difficult than i had anticipated but she still likes to do a few pages everyday. She also checks out books from the library and gets one reward point for everyone she reads by herself. It is like her summer reading program.

When the kids aren't working they are usually swimming. Jack and Ella have started swimming and diving with no goggles. John still uses his swimmies but has started putting his face under while swimming. He already jumps in and goes under the water. I feel sure he can swim but he likes the swimmies so i guess he will get there when he is ready. Ben is in the process of bidding his bottle farewell. I realize it is a little late. I haven't let the other three have one past 12 months. It is so much easier to shove the bottle in his mouth. HA! Anyway, it is time for it to go. I can't say i am going to miss having bottles in the house.

Like i said before, Eric is finishing up the last of the three jobs in Georgia. He will be home briefly and then back to Augusta to tie up a few loose ends. He has already passed inspections for the other two. The CEO of the Tucker hospital sent an e-mail to Eric's boss expressing what a wonderful job he had done. We are all so proud of the job that he is doing. I will be glad when he is home. :) Looks like the next job may be in Kansas. Things can always change and we won't know for sure until closer to time. The job is short so we are up in the air about whether the kids and i will travel with him or if we will stay behind. We are praying for guidance so if you have a prayer list put us on it. This time of uncertainty is often exciting because i know the Lord has plans for us and it is always amazing to see the path he has for our family.