I'm trying to keep plugging forward despite all the curves that I've had thrown at me this last few months, we set this upcoming Friday as our last day of the school year and I am NOT going to call it quits before then. I'm really REALLY hoping that we can get this week to go semi-smoothly so that I can go into our summer plans. I am planning that we'll take the rest of June off all lessons completely once we finish this break, then pick up again in July with a fun series of Evan-Moor theme pockets (I got the July monthly theme set for us to do some of) and gently work back into full lessons with the basics. I also plan to fill our summer with hands-on crafty stuff and lots of time outdoors, playing and working in our small garden.
I may be a bit behind, but I discovered recently that there is a really nice park not too far from our home and that it is easily accessed by just hopping on the bike path so we don't need gas for the van even to get there. Add in 79 cent ice cream cones at McDonald's (also within walking distance if we wanted to) and we will have a pretty good time with cool summer treats and lots of park time.
We also are hoping that we can get the funds to buy bikes for Scott, Missa, and myself along with replacing a tire on 2 bikes we already have for Liddy and Kimmy (oh and a seat for Preston on my bike). If we can get that all going on, then we can hit the bike path regularly as a family and ride all over the county (maybe even to visit Grandma in Johnstown by the end of summer).
There will also be a point at some point where we will take a couple days off lessons likely, as we've made a painful decision that medically we have to take permanent measures to prevent more pregnancies. My last pregnancy was touchy for us with my hypertension, and it progressing into full pre-eclampsia within 6 hours of Preston's birth, and I'm still suffering some of the effects of that complication. We've been told that there's no guarantee that it would happen again in the future, however we feel that it is more important to our family that the 5 children we have are able to have two living parents who are fairly healthy so I have a consultation for a non-surgical procedure called Essure to see if I'm a candidate for the procedure. If not, then we have to discuss other options to determine who will be having surgery and when we can afford for Scott to take the time off (with Essure I could have it done on a Friday and be up and going again before Monday, requiring Scott to only take 1 day off work). It is a decision that we've had a lot of conflict over the past 15 months, but now that we've made a decision about it I really do feel ok with it and know that it is the right way to go. We've been blessed with 5 incredible healthy children and while we'd love a few more, it is time to call it done for medical reasons. We plan to open our home up to foster care and adoption in the future as our kids are older and we have the space to do so.
That about sums up what our June is going to look like I think. I can't wait for this weekend when we will do our own little "graduation" to move each kid up to the next grade with a certificate and cake (I just have to find a dairy-free recipe that tastes good, I already have plans to make a butterfly cake thanks to some directions my mother shared on my Facebook wall this morning)
Once we get through this week, I'm going to make plans officially for the summer and then I'll share the July plans here. Hopefully I can have it all figured out in the 1 week between finishing lessons and Scott's week off, because we'll be spending that entire week off doing things like going to Amish country, the Columbus Zoo, and other such things. :)
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