Fun and Not So Fun Summer Days

I’m in a post pontoon boat stupor. We spent the day boating with Tom’s parents on Sunday. It’s such a blast, but the sun, water, and laughter always sap us of any energy. Monday was a process of fun detox as  Mom continued catching up on projects and checking off items on the list of many items needed to go back to school. 

Sidney is registered for kindergarten. Sigh. I’m sure I’m not the only China mom that’s spent the last few years loving her child into submission, only to feel like I blinked my eyes after leaving the airport coming home from China and I have a child ready for Kindergarten. How does that happen? And in the same respect, how does a kindergartener so quickly need a scientific calculator? Sorry, I'm in denial that I have a child that's going into the 6th grade and needs a scientific calculator.

 Yet I know she’s ready. During VBS, her teacher and mom of one of Eli’s good friends, commented on how she was buzzing around the room helping her with various tasks. She thrives in any amount of structure, and for this reason. If there’s a sequence and an order of events, she does best. No matter a kid’s history, I am a firm believer in schedule. I remember when I was pregnant with Eli speaking words I will forever regret, “I’m not going to schedule my kids.” One day home with a newborn, and we were on a schedule.

Swimming in the lake with Grandma Sheryl, Tom's stepmom. 

My fish! Grandma and grandpa were so surprised to see how she can function in the water with mom hovering by. 

Unfortunately the schedule and sequence of events that typically takes place on a summer day in our home has been altered. The smallest swimmer in the house has swimmers ear which resulted in a doctor’s visit and drops. She has a serious aversion to taking any kind of medication that requires her to swallow, so I’m elated we are putting them in her ear. I’m not used to her having any kind of sickness very long. Colds typically only last four days. While the rest of the preschool kids were out for back to back illnesses, and parents were talking about their sick kids building an immunity,Sidney only missed a couple of days. Her immunity was set in the orphanage. Just another plug for adoption!

Okay, I’m off to my day.