*K's 10th birthday. She had a Percy Jackson themed slumber party. All the girls took a quiz that K made up herself to determine what goddess they were...K was Artemis, her favorite. Then they made and decorated their own togas. They went on a quest (scavenger hunt) ala Percy in the book. We had tons of "blue" food to eat. The girls enjoyed ambrosia (chocolate chip cookies) and nectar (chocolate milkshakes) while watching Jason and the Argonauts.
We also had a Greek themed party for the family. Everyone tried their hand at archery using K's bow and arrows she got for Christmas. Then we had a huge Greek feast of gyros, kabobs, hummus, feta and olives. YUMMY.
*Memorial Day. K got to march in the parade with the school band. She had to try out for the drill team in order to march. She was so excited to make it. The rest of us had fun watching.
*The last day of school. I cannot believe that next year that the girls will be in 5th grade, 3rd grade and finishing pre-school. Where has the time gone?
We have had a very active summer so far without really doing anything significant. The girls didn't get out of school until the middle of June so our summer has only just begun.
Kyle has been working crazy long hours...8:00 in the morning to midnight or later on most days, including weekends. He works from home so work is always there to be done. Since he is here the girls have to be mostly quiet and while that was fine during the school year, it's not so easy during the summer.
We belong to a pool club and that is where we spend our days. EVERY DAY. K and J are on the swim team, are taking a synchronized swimming class (which is really cool and they are learning ACTUAL synchronized swimming!), and have a swim lesson. They also have tennis two days a week until swim team is over. R also has a swim lesson everyday. She just learned that she won't sink if she's using a noodle. She is beyond excited and thinks she now has free reign of the pool.
After all the scheduled activities, we usually hang out and swim for fun. Today is our first rainy day of the summer, so we are staying home this morning and then heading out to the science center this afternoon. I am so happy to see this rain just to break up our monotony.
Last week, J and R were sick. R got sick on the 4th of July so we missed all those festivities. She had a high fever virus that seems to be pretty rampant up here. Her temps were in the 103-105 range all week. Pretty scary. I assumed it was strep but three different tests came back negative. Back in May I pulled two ticks off of her, so we thought it might have been Lyme. Thankfully that came back negative as well, so it was just a virus after all. J started feeling bad and running a fever last Tuesday and she did end up having strep. And now, everyone is back to normal...knock on wood.
There we are. We have some fun things in the works for this weekend and as long as everyone stays healthy I'll tell you about it soon.
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