Planes, Popcorn and lots of Piano Practice!

June is probably one of the busiest months of the year for us. It's around this time that our schedule begins to fill up with not only soccer and baseball but also: end of year concerts, track & field days, class swimming days, field trips, parties, finals, grad ceremonies and banquets and more! Sometimes when I stop to look at the calendar it makes my head spin, and I realize that I need to focus on the moment and simply enjoy THIS DAY that I am in. For whatever it holds.

Some highlights of the first week of June:


Abby completed her second year of piano lessons!!!   On Monday, we got to see her perform at her piano recital and she did GREAT!  She played a song called "Robots Marching" and it is a piece that has been quite difficult for her.  (well....practicing it has been quite difficult for her, let's put it that way;)      Her piano teacher is simply wonderful and I have learned that it helps to throw "Sister Atwood's" name into the conversation whenever I'm trying to get Abby to practice.    For some reason that works every time.    Why are my kids so willing to please others, but could care less about what I have to say?

 In the end Abby played great and I've given Abby the week off of all things piano.   Little does she know this hiatus will be short lived as I'm determined to make her practice all summer long! 

 What,  I'm the mom!  It's my prerogative to nag isn't it?

The rainy weather of last week is old news and we actually got a few really warm and enjoyable days this week. One or two days without WIND even - can you imagine that!!!      Nothing says summer like an ice cream cone with sprinkles and a cherry on top!

When the kids aren't filling up on ice cream cones before dinner, they can probably be found huddling around a freshly popped bowl of  buttery popcorn!    I think I've popped popcorn THREE times in the last few days and the novelty of it doesn't seem to ever wear off for these four.  

 I wish I could get them to eat their vegetables with the same enthusiasm.    (Perhaps if I tell them that "Sister Atwood" wants them to.  Do you think that would work?)

On Saturday we drove out a few minutes to the airport (if you could call it that) because we'd heard about a pancake breakfast that the flying club in town puts on.   We didn't go for the breakfast part of it, but rather to see the small planes that were owned and flown by flying enthusiast in the area.  Sam instantly began climbing up into one and we had to quickly put the brakes on that kid.   I wouldn't put it past him to figure it all out and take off flying!

It was neat to see some of the pilots start their planes (some of them self made planes)  and take off down the runway for home, and the kids cheered every time a plane took off or landed.   John though, was without a doubt the most excited one of all and I could tell that he was trying to figure out in his mind just how exactly he could go about getting one of these things for his very own.  

I've decided that for Father's Day- I'm just going to go ahead and get him a plane.   

Meh, it's no biggie- just a little token of affection for the man I love.  

Happy Sunday!!!!