It's June...

Only a couple more weeks until school is out. Our school is being renovated over the summer and my view out the window will be the parking lot instead of the wonderful green space and ball diamond. At least the parking lot will be done before school is out so I won't have to hear that construction for the whole summer. The construction company put up the steel barriers today which was fun to watch. I guess that will be one bonus: The kids will be able to watch the progress from our house...

The end of school now has me thinking of how much Tyler has accomplished this year. I cannot believe how much kids are pushed to learn at such a young age. Tyler is definitely one of the younger ones in the class and I struggle to remind myself of that. He shares the lack of concentration I exhibited in my youth and I do think that he would benefit from some one-on-one teaching in the reading and math areas. But then you get him in music class, or learning about science stuff and he is fascinated. I'm really proud about how well he is reading and how well he is doing on his assignments. I just need to stop comparing to others and recognize that in a couple of years, I won't even remember the delays.

On another note, I've begun applying for more part-time design jobs. With Tyler being home for the summer, the children are more occupied (not that I abandon them, but I find I get more accomplished when Tyler's around) so I could broaden my design horizons. I have a couple of really exciting projects coming up and I'll post pictures to illustrate the coolness.

Now if I can only keep my house clean so I can do the work instead of cleaning the house, I'll be set!

Oh, and here's a pic of Addison's new 'do. (Note to my mother-in-law: In this case, short hair in the back is better than the mullet she was sporting previously!)