The school year has ended. First grade is past us. I'm sad to see him grow, but I haven't been prouder. Lucian is a shining star. He is a kind, unique child. This past week we were able to watch him be promoted from the first grade. They had a cute little ceremony where all the kids in each class were called to the stage and handed an envelope with their "awards" as they walked across and shook hands. The classes designed a red carpet made out of paper for them to walk down. Each side had individual pictures with hand prints and names of the students. They concluded the ceremony with the kids singing "Roar" by Katy Perry. Lucian couldn't read the lyrics fast enough and wasn't too well versed on the song. He did his best. It was cute to say the least.
He had three ribbons in his envelope. The first one was a ribbon saying he was promoted to second grade. The second one was the citizenship award. He was chosen as citizen of the month earlier in the year. The third one was for A-B honor roll. We aren't really sticklers on grades. Especially at this age, he doesn't need that type of pressure from us. We just encourage him to do his best. But, he also doesn't like to lose, so that may be his own personal push.
Now that we are officially on Summer vacation, we are just trying to have some fun. He finished his current soccer season right before school ended, and they had a picnic on the last day of school. It was a good way to end the season/school year and start vacation. They had little goodie bags with small water guns in them. All the kids pulled them out and raced along the playground getting each other wet. The water fountain had quite the crowd of eager participants.
Yesterday (memorial day), we took a family trip to the children's museum. It was nice to have us all go for once. During the school year, I would take Apollo during the day. It's a nice place to go in winter to get out of the cold. Now that they have opened the outdoor sports area, I've been wanted to check it out while it's nice. Though it was way too hot out, Lucian and I braved the outdoor heat and brightness for a little bit. He tried the basketball area first. I thought it was way too bright. I could barely open my eyes it was so reflective (the ground was yellow). Next time we need to take sunglasses. We were going to try the soccer area next, but ended up going into the hockey area, which was right before the soccer area. I've been trying to convince Lucian to play hockey for a few years now. He always tells me no. I think he is afraid of the whole skating thing. Luckily, the outdoor hockey area didn't need skates. It was roller hockey. Let me tell you, he is REALLY good. I was impressed how quick he picked up on it. He has a pretty good slap shot. It may be all those years we played mini golf and regular golf. He seems to be a natural with stick sports. He is still reluctant to try skating... how young can they start field hockey? Either way, I'll keep trying to get him to the skating arena.
Today, Lucian started volleyball camp. We signed him up for a couple different camps to get him to try new things and keep him busy. This allows some interaction with other kids around his age and keep his mind off being bored or relying on electronics. This was a fairly new sport for him. I thought they did a good job introducing basic movements. It's at the high school and several of the high school volleyball players were there to help and work with the kids. I was only able to watch here and there because Apollo was getting bored. I don't think Lucian has formed an opinion on it yet. We will see.
We started our garden within the last month. It has been so hot lately, we have been trying to maintain as much moisture as we can. We do have some things growing. We need to keep up with the weeds a little bit more. Hopefully, some more things will pop up.
Apollo has been adjusting to having Lucian home. He's been a little more grumpy and territorial, but I think he is getting there. He has also been attached to my leg lately. Anytime I go to work, he has a partial meltdown. At least it is nice out right now, he usually does better when occupied outdoors. He is an outdoor kid for sure. We stocked up on water balloons, and purchased a second hose, to keep them both busy outside. Otherwise, he is getting pickier, talking a lot more, and napping less. Sometimes it is aggravating when they fight, but it is pretty funny to hear Apollo's side of the story sometimes. He has a different perspective on life for sure. We need to work on the whole what really happened/truth thing.
That is pretty much it for the moment. We've been looking at houses lately and taking the boys to a few open houses. They have a thing about running in circles in empty rooms. I don't know, they like it. Maybe we will find the right place for us soon.
5.29.2018
5.01.2018
Is This Spring?
The weather seems to finally be normalizing. The sun has been shining. The dandelions are peeking out. The trees are, finally, budding. I'm so ecstatic to see green everywhere. We are starting to prepare our gardens. Joe cleaned out a lot of our containers yesterday in preparation. Lucian planted some seeds. We checked out the condition of one of our garden plots the other day. I am really excited to start planting soon. We tried to start some plants inside this year. The delay in weather killed most of them. But I'm hoping we can save a few that are still sprouted. I think the lack of sunlight in our house didn't help either. We have all North facing windows, which is pretty much the worst for sunlight.
Lucian's year of first grade at his new school is starting to come to an end. This is, officially, his last month as a first grader. I was glad to see him do well this year. He has made some friends, likes his teacher, and says he likes his school this year (probably due to the first two things). Today as I was driving him to school, he told me he really liked school trips. We recently went to the zoo as a field trip. Even though it was chilly and rainy, everyone seemed to have a good time. It was very rushed, I wish they could have had longer. Unfortunately, all the picnic tables were soaked, and they decided to bus back to the school for lunch. The kids were starving at the point, since they usually eat a lot earlier in the day. We joined the kids for lunch in their classroom. It was nice. Apollo had fun too. I think he wants to go to school with Lucian. He must miss him during the day.
Apollo is currently watering the grass in the yard. The kid loves water. We were going to go to the park today and get some energy out, but when we stopped home he took one look at the water table they filled yesterday and decided that was a better choice. It started with the water table and escalated to the hose. Now everything is getting a spray down. Including Burnie, who was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Though he moved, I know he doesn't mind it too much. At least he watered my lemon balm!
So what are the boys into now? Well, Lucian still loves watching videos on youtube kids. He learns about different video games that he plays. He is into the game Roblox right now. It's a game similar to minecraft where you take your character into different games. It's funny seeing him play a game where a bunch of players are doing everyday things. Some examples are: riding an elevator, plowing snow, running a pizza shop, or going to high school. There are some weird ones too and also some violent ones. He also still really enjoys playing minecraft and building levels in super mario maker. We have been playing a lot more board games lately too. Outside of the house, we have been going to the park after school on nicer days. It helps keep his mind off electronics. Plus, we could all use fresh air. As for sports, this spring he is currently playing soccer. He is enjoying it, and he is pretty decent. I like to watch all of his practices because I work during his games. I'm sad to miss them, but I'm glad Joe and Apollo go root him on. This summer he is going to be super busy. We have him joined into many events. Such as soccer camp, reading group, inventor camp, and possibly swim lessons. Invention camp seems fun, they are supposed to be making a robot and studying robotics. His school has a robotics club, so maybe this will get him more interested in joining something like that.
Apollo looooooooves Paw Patrol. He picked the video off the shelf to watch not too long ago and has loved it ever since. Within the last few weeks, he has found the paw patrol toys that have been hiding out among the toys. Now we play paw patrol every day. We also watch a lot of paw patrol. I did reintroduce him to Little Einsteins the other day to mix it up. He seemed to like it. We have also been playing a lot of trains, coloring, and play dough. We've been slowly making out way through the costco sized play dough bag I bought. Joe thought I was nuts, but now he thinks it was brilliant. Because it was ;-)
Now I'm going to hang out with Apollo as he watched Paw Patrol and eats his frozen sesame bagel (it's his thing lately, I don't know). I'll try to post again soon.
Lucian's year of first grade at his new school is starting to come to an end. This is, officially, his last month as a first grader. I was glad to see him do well this year. He has made some friends, likes his teacher, and says he likes his school this year (probably due to the first two things). Today as I was driving him to school, he told me he really liked school trips. We recently went to the zoo as a field trip. Even though it was chilly and rainy, everyone seemed to have a good time. It was very rushed, I wish they could have had longer. Unfortunately, all the picnic tables were soaked, and they decided to bus back to the school for lunch. The kids were starving at the point, since they usually eat a lot earlier in the day. We joined the kids for lunch in their classroom. It was nice. Apollo had fun too. I think he wants to go to school with Lucian. He must miss him during the day.
Apollo is currently watering the grass in the yard. The kid loves water. We were going to go to the park today and get some energy out, but when we stopped home he took one look at the water table they filled yesterday and decided that was a better choice. It started with the water table and escalated to the hose. Now everything is getting a spray down. Including Burnie, who was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Though he moved, I know he doesn't mind it too much. At least he watered my lemon balm!
So what are the boys into now? Well, Lucian still loves watching videos on youtube kids. He learns about different video games that he plays. He is into the game Roblox right now. It's a game similar to minecraft where you take your character into different games. It's funny seeing him play a game where a bunch of players are doing everyday things. Some examples are: riding an elevator, plowing snow, running a pizza shop, or going to high school. There are some weird ones too and also some violent ones. He also still really enjoys playing minecraft and building levels in super mario maker. We have been playing a lot more board games lately too. Outside of the house, we have been going to the park after school on nicer days. It helps keep his mind off electronics. Plus, we could all use fresh air. As for sports, this spring he is currently playing soccer. He is enjoying it, and he is pretty decent. I like to watch all of his practices because I work during his games. I'm sad to miss them, but I'm glad Joe and Apollo go root him on. This summer he is going to be super busy. We have him joined into many events. Such as soccer camp, reading group, inventor camp, and possibly swim lessons. Invention camp seems fun, they are supposed to be making a robot and studying robotics. His school has a robotics club, so maybe this will get him more interested in joining something like that.
Apollo looooooooves Paw Patrol. He picked the video off the shelf to watch not too long ago and has loved it ever since. Within the last few weeks, he has found the paw patrol toys that have been hiding out among the toys. Now we play paw patrol every day. We also watch a lot of paw patrol. I did reintroduce him to Little Einsteins the other day to mix it up. He seemed to like it. We have also been playing a lot of trains, coloring, and play dough. We've been slowly making out way through the costco sized play dough bag I bought. Joe thought I was nuts, but now he thinks it was brilliant. Because it was ;-)
Now I'm going to hang out with Apollo as he watched Paw Patrol and eats his frozen sesame bagel (it's his thing lately, I don't know). I'll try to post again soon.
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