five things, june 15th edition

1. I think I'll spend the day here, recovering from the first week of summer vacation. Callum too. One week in, and he already needs a break.

2. I think you have to go and read this post my friend Noreen wrote about executive function. I'm going to be spending a lot of time helping my boy work on honing his own executive function skills (and I don't mean sitting in a big leather chair behind a huge desk with a pen holder and a competent administrative assistant...although he could totally use the competent administrative assistant). Noreen can explain it much better than I, but we'll need executive function to survive middle school. And life.

3. I think I'm beyond thrilled that our boys won their game on Wednesday so we have one more game (the championship!) to play on Saturday!

4. I think I've had a really nice week. Met some lovely people, and got to know some people a little better. Hard to ask for more than that. I can feel our circle getting larger and that feels good.

5. I think I'm already mentally preparing for our Big Family Meeting on Saturday. We have lots of exciting things to talk about and plan for this summer. It's going to be great. Is it summer where you are? What are you guys up to? Heck...what are you up to for the weekend?! xo

five things, june 8th edition

photo credit to my mom

1. I think I can't believe we pulled it off.

2. I think this week ended up being a lot harder than I thought it would be. You all know I had a rough go of it earlier this week. My eyes are still gritty and tired from all the crying. It was a good lesson for Callum, I think, to see that it's okay to cry. I kept telling him, I'm okay, I promise.It feels good to do this, really. We've had a rough winter, and I needed to release it all somehow. I know Theresa wondered about our disappointments, and if they were simply mine, I'd share them. Because they belong to Cal, I feel that I can't really. Part of it certainly is having one set of his grandparents miss the festivities. Neel's father is really not well and may need surgery. That's another worry we're sitting with now. But kids are resilient, and he's doing well enough to take care of me (although he's sick again).

3. I think I can't be more grateful to my mom and dad for making this week happen. Full of laughter and sunlight and family. It meant the world to me.

4. I think Callum's graduation ceremony was really lovely. We got great seats (I was worried!), and I got some nice pictures (I'll have a post for you next week.). We had about an hour to kill before the ceremony started (that's how we got those great seats), and I was chatting with my mom, dad and Neel, and my eyes filled with tears. I grabbed my hanky, threw my sunglasses on and that was that. No more tears from then on out. I can't guarantee how the rest of the weekend will go.

5. I think I'm ready to relax. All of us are. Tonight we're hosting a small party for Cal, and tomorrow my dad heads out. We have baseball in the afternoon and we'll likely munch on leftovers. Sunday my mom heads out and it's back to life, back to reality. Just the three of us again. Isn't that an awesome picture? I love it.