Almost. The big kids have another week (and a half day) of school and we've got a few more lose ends to wrap up the end of the year but I'm looking forward to some lazy days and beach trips and maybe hitting the zoo this summer. Devon is finishing up his freshman year of high school. Kennedy will head in to her last year of middle school (8th grade) in the fall while Carson will be starting middle school (6th grade). It's hard to believe they are all out of elementary school.
My years there, however, are not done as Keeghan will be starting pre-school at our elementary school in the fall. She is enrolled in a program that meets for about 3 hours 3 or 4 mornings a week. It's a classroom that consists of both identified and typically developing kids and we aren't totally sure yet if Keeghan will go as a "typical" child and be given speech and OT services that way or if she will end up identified to receive the services she needs. We did some testing last Friday and have a few more meetings and some more testing to do before we'll have all the answers. We've been in Keeghan's classroom twice now and Keeghan is very excited to go to school. I'm not so sure that enthusiasm will continue once she realizes I will not be attending school with her. I'm sure we'll figure it out and she will have a ton of fun once she's settled in. We've come a long way in the 18 months Keeghan's been home and I'm very proud of my little princess. She's an amazing little girl.
Her sisters and brother are pretty amazing too. Devon had a great first season playing lacrosse for his high school team. He has never really played before but held his own and played fairly well over the course of the season. As I said in a previous post he has earned a place at a camp this summer and is really looking forward to that. He's also hoping to play in a summer league and will then play soccer in the fall and then lacrosse winter and spring.
Kennedy has had a great spring soccer season earning herself a spot as a captain of her team. She's scored a few hard earned goals which is nice to see. One was in a tournament where a boy on the opposing team was giving Kennedy a very hard time (he called her some choice names and went as far as saying that girls couldn't play soccer). Kennedy proceeded to put a shot into their net showing this boy he was very wrong and girls most certainly can play soccer...even with boys and succeed. I'm proud of how Kennedy handled herself and of how her team mates supported her. They're a great bunch of kids.
Carson had a busy spring with soccer, school track, a school talent show, band and chorus. She was constantly on the go but kept up with all of it and made sure her school work was done well and she still had time for her baby sister : )
Keeghan continues to grow and amaze us. She is not yet 3 but weighs a solid 40lbs and is a good 41" tall...monster baby! She's getting better about staying without me when I work or run an errand and she continues to enjoy going to the gym with me. She loves being outside swinging, in the pool, on her bike, on the trampoline or at the park but she HATES bugs. The sight of a bug (or a piece of dirt that looks a bit bug like) throws her into a panic and she will scream if it's too close. There have been a few issues with bugs in the car where we have had to stop driving to squish the bug before she would even start to calm down. I'm hoping this fear will get better over the summer because it's a bit much. Despite often being dragged around to soccer or lacrosse or some school event Keeghan has kept a smile on her face (most of the time) and tries to go with the flow. It's easy to forget she hasn't been here forever.
Keeghan has master the playground.
Kennedy's team took 2nd place at our state open cup a few weeks ago.
Carson graduated elementary school.
Kennedy got my iPhone for her birthday...and I get the new iPhone : )
Keeghan enjoyed alot of fun at the end of the school year.
