Warning: bragging mom post ahead!

With the end of the school year, its time to bring up the accomplishments of my kids. For a change we'll start from youngest to oldest this time.
Joel is becoming quite the little chatter box. He needs to know how old anyone is when he meets them. He's full of questions, and answers as well. According to him he will be starting school tomorrow (everthing with time is either today, tomorrow or in ten minutes) and he will be going to his purple school. Sounds cool to me!

Mackenzie ended school on the same note she started it. She's an excellent student that is not just praised for her abilities, but also for her compassion for other's in her class. She is the first to help when someone needs it. But can I get her to help with the dishes? Her reading level keeps going up. By the time she's in middle school I'm sure she'll be reading at a college level, lol. She just finished the last book in the Harry Potter series. Her fear of water has all but dissappeared and she's become quite the fish, thanks to all the practice she gets in her Aunt Teri's pool. She also finished her last year in Brownies. She recieved a ton of badges and was bridged into Juniors. Here's some pictures from her awards dinner:



Joey finished his first year of middle school with a bang. He made honor roll and was also accepted into the highly capable program for English & Social Studies. We were delighted with his first concert playing the French Horn. Little did he know he was following in his mom's footsteps when he chose to switch to the French Horn that his mom once played it as well. He is also spending as much time as he can in Aunt Teri's pool. He's also started riding his bike with his aunt and cousins from their house to the office in Marysville in the mornings. (Don't worry folks, there is a bike trail, seperate from the road almost the whole way). He doesn't even mind getting up early and having to hang out in the office all day to do it.

Mackenzie and Joey have also been learning some of the ropes at the office this summer. Learning how to work the fax machine, make copies, file and even fill out job records. I can even pull them away from the computer to get them to help out. Again, so happy to help there, but doing the dishes???? That's ok, I've accepted my role as the evil mom/slave driver.