A Busy Week

Well, it's certainly been a busy week as you can probably guess from the "no rhyme or reason" to the pictures.
It was the last week of school for the kids and the week was full of activities that kept me on my toes and in need of a quiet, resttful weekend. Some of the pictures are from the boys's ALL Star game last Sunday. As from my previous post, the temperatures had soared well into the upper 90's and the pool was a welcome extra to our home. There are a couple of pool pictures which included our guests Carol and her two children, Brian and Kyla ( the little girl seen in many pictures with S), and Sonia and her children Nick and Selena.
S celebrated her last day of preschool on Wednesday and the 3 yr old class performed several cute songs for their audience. I love the pic of S and her daddy!
Check out the video....S is sitting in the back singing. She did so well and I am so proud of her. She was so cute and so well-behaved and this "tough child" was nowhere evident during the past week.
The boys performed in the McKinley spring show on Wednesday evening and did very well. I really enjoyed the music and thought the kids were all awesome. Little B sang in the 5th grade chorus while E played the viola. I posted short videos of both.
After several days of wicked heat...( I loved it) our area was engulfed in severe storms Tuesday night. At 8Pm we lost our power. I had seen the storms approaching and had our flashlights and candles ready. After the storms subsided, Big b took the boys out for a ride to check out the area. Trees and power lines were down everywhere but no tornado, just straight-line winds.
It was still very hot and we spent most of the night trying to fall asleep. Little B had the most trouble and paced between his room where his dad was sleeping and my room where S had finally drifted off. The kids were a little frightened so DH and I split up to comfort the kids.
We were very lucky and our power was finally restored by 3 the next afternoon. There were others who were still without power for another day or so.
The next two days were spent preparing for E's Class End-of-Year Party being held Friday.
The kids had a blast with the water-balloon toss, 3-legged races, egg-races, etc. Friday the 13th was a bittersweet day for the boys as they said good-bye to their classmates until September.
S had a wonderful time Friday with the 3rd graders at the party. She fit right in enjoying the games and festivites just like she was one of them.
She has become the little swimmer lately enjoying the pool immensely. Last year she was genuinely frightened by the water. Now she swims everywhere...as long as she has her float-suit and floaties on.
Last night while at a baseball game, an ice cream truck came by. I took S and her friend Kyla over to get some ice cream. S may have gotten ice cream from a truck once or twice last year so after we had returned from China. As we were walking to the truck she proceeded to tell me that Nooma ( a staff member from her orphanage) had an ice cream truck. She tells me quite often that Nooma had things that we have here. Nooma had a new van....when we bought our van. Nooma had a swimming pool complete with the same shed as we have and Nooma had the same kitchen with kitchen stools that are in our kitchen. Many times I have heard S mentioning that Nooma had many of the same things.
I'm not sure what it going on...if maybe S is losing her memory of her time in China, or just her young imagination....I can tell that she cared very much for this woman and everyday her name is mentioned by S. I just wish I could speak with this woman...just once...to perhaps give S some closure. Maybe she has an email address????
Well, it's time to close for the evening. Just want to wish all of the dads out there a Happy Father's Day tomorrow.
To my dad, I miss you and Happy Father's Day in Heaven.

J