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Counting Down

We are down to the last nine days of school. The kids can hardly wait as each day it gets a little bit harder to get them up and moving.

I am down to my final eight classes in school. I just finished my first methods class and it kicked my can. Literally, by the time the class finished I was down and out with a nasty little virus. Probably a combination of class and the end of the year craziness.

In the last month all of the kids activities have piled up like a snowy highway. One activity on top of another. What seemed manageable before May became insanity. Here is a quick run down of all that has been going on.

H.'s current schedule includes baseball, soccer, and cub scouts. My, take life so seriously, little man wants his whole cub scout book done. Slowing him down is a little like slowing down Superman. Speaking of Superman anyone have any kryptonite I can borrow. Thankfully, soccer ended on Saturday. Although I have to admit I love watching the kid play. He puts a smile on my face every time. Baseball started a couple of weeks ago and with all the rain it has been a little hit and miss (ha I made a pun). In addition to these activities each year, the second grade, at our school does a kid's opera. It is a pretty cool program where the class writes a story and then the Utah Opera adds the music and helps the students to perform. It is a pretty big deal for the second graders. Brent and I will get to view the fruits of their labors this week. I have already told you about H.'s teeth Friday will be his third Orthodontics visit. He will get his spacing retainer. It is a preety cool contraption that performed miracles on A.'s teeth.

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