Lately May and June edition

 We're just going to jump in and start documenting our summer, which officially began on May 7th.  I've actually had the pictures in this post sitting here waiting for me to add context.  If you'd ask my kids what I do, they'd say I'm busy.  Boy, am I!  It has been one busy summer and although we've already started our new school year, my busyness is not over.  I don't see an end.  But, I'm learning to slow down on the projects and shift my focus.

We decided to test the kids with standardized testing at the end of last school year.  With us switching things up I wanted to see if we were still on track or if we needed to shift things around.  

April through pictures

 We started April with a birthday run around Washington D.C.  As you may have seen from the previous post.

Xander's 14

Just like that, we've had another birthday in our house.  This time my little guy...but not so little anymore!  On his birthday we took a tour around D.C.  It wouldn't have been his first pick on his birthday (not a history buff), but we made sure to go to a museum in which he would love.  Which he did!  We went to the Museum of Illusions for him.  We walked over 7 miles that day going from site to site.  It was a tiring day, but so much fun.

Sterling's 13

Sterling is my wild outspoken child.  Oh my.  She's so fun and inquisitive.  I'm not quite sure how time has gone so fast but I'm loving the older she gets.  She's my mini me.  Always on my hip.  Always willing to learn something new.  She's wise beyond her years.  Watching her grow over the years has been joyful.  From being that little girl that's full of curiosity and wonder, to now, a teenager.  I'm proud of the amazing person she's becoming.