First we had the 4th of July.

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I had a pretty good weekend. Kevin’s birthday was Sunday, so the kids and I went all out. We got baloons, streamer, Wolverine themed paper plates, made a cake, bought cards and a gift. I fixed dinner, and had a nice little time celebrating him. He enjoyed it. And yes, I have pictures!

Monday was a family day (they passed their inspection) so Kevin got a three day weekend. We spent it as a comfortable, lazy day. Kevin made a deal, kids clean up the kitchen and dinning room, they can play as many games, electronical or not, as they want. Monday night I worked on fine tuning the lesson plans for Tuesday.

Then we had today. I got up around 5:30, packed Kevin his lunch, and sent him on his way. By 6:30, I had the living room cleared, my Wii set up, and was working on the Gold’s Gym cardio. I also did a little of the WiiFit and called it quits around 7:30. I organized my answer book while waiting for a decent time to wake the kids, then got them up.

The morning started out ok. They had breakfast, brushed their teeth, and then time to start the few lessons.

And shit went down hill from there. Yhea I know, they don’t want to do work over the summer… no kid does, shit, I don’t want to either. But Kauchana REALLY needs the help in math and Language Arts, while Xavier needs work on reading and spelling… Since I knew it would cause a fight if Dokota didn’t have to do something, so I had him join in. Derric again, really needs work on fine motor. So I figured an hour a day of working on stuff, should be good, do it in the morning so afternoons are free…

Well, Kauchana pouted that shitty “Life is soo unfair” pout and pretty much refused to do anything without me doing every step for her. Xavier couldn’t do half his work because his glasses were broke, and Derric went along with them of not wanting to work with me… Dokota, the one who DIDN’T need help was the only one actually doing the work!! Until I got to spelling words for him, and then he started to act up…

So I went to fix Xavier’s glasses, the lense just popped out, should be an easy fix, between going step by step in math for Kauchana… Well, Xavier’s glasses were worse then I thought… You couldnt just pop the lense back in because he bent the frames all to hell again.. $300 this year on $50 glasses! I can’t afford him consently breaking them!!!

And the worst part? They were just fine the last day of school!!! He was wearing them while I was talking to his teacher. Somewhere between walking home and him emptying his bookbag, which is when he handed them to me, broke, they got all bent up… So since there was nothing in his bookbag, and they were in their hard shell case, I can only guess, how they got so bent up…

I am just done. Done. Done. Done.

So, as normal, the end of the school year is fast approaching. Only what, 6 more day?! Eeeks!

Wednesday, Derric had a picknick with his Autism class. The Summer School teacher also came by. This lady will be making a daily (Mon-Thurs) trip from Ramstein to teach our kiddos! Wow. Ramstein is a good hour and 45 away. She will have two hours with the elementary level kids, then I am not sure how long with the high schoolers. She will see a total of 6 kids daily.

The picknick was fun. It is amazing to see Derric actually spend the entire time playing with other kids! He was on the swings when they were, he was running with them. It was just amazing. After school I let him play at the school park with classmates. Over half the time, he was alone. He would just wander away from the others, and find something solo to do. So watching him at the picknick, I wondered how he will grow.

Today is a busy day. I have an 8am IEP meeting with Kauchana’s teachers. Then I have to head up to the high school for Field Day for the elementary kids. I hope to get several hundred good pictures of both Xavier and Derric. They will have three hours of play, then a BBQ. So I should have the time! But lots of walking involved! I need a good pedometer! Since my Nike+s don’t want to work still!!!!

Friday should be a slower day. Rest Sat and Sun since Kevin will be working, then back again for the last week.

Derric will have one week off from school, before starting his summer school. It will last from the 22nd of June to the 24th of July. Then mid August the kids head back to school. Kevin will also be on leave from the 2nd of July to the 31st. A whole month of family time! Of course his parents and brother will be here too for two weeks, but still, we will have time before and after their visit for just us as a family. That is the nice part.

I will be spending these last frew slower days fine tuning our Family Summer Center, I really hope this will be something good and not end up in fights. But now off to shower since we have an early morning!