update....

We are on the cusp of summer. The girls get out on June 12th after a final assembly, picnic and an afternoon of moving classrooms. I will probably be doing more moving than picnic-ing, but hey, that's the life of Mom.

Zerin expands his vocabulary daily. His latest acquisitions include nose, french fries and cheese. It is no coincidence that two of his new words are foods. He eats constantly. Zerin also continues to climb on everything and only fears Normandy's swift pinching fingers.

Normandy loves books, especially Fancy Nancy. She has been wearing a very fancy gymnastics leotard for two days now and, since it doesn't stink I have chosen not to fight this particular battle. She prefers to stay up late and sleep in, taking after her sister, Tenny. Normandy fears Zerin's swift sharp teeth.

Tenny's class play is this week, The Death of Baldor. It's a Norse Myth. Tenny plays Iduna, the bearer of the golden apples of youth. I'm not sure exactly what she does, because all the tellings of the myth I have read do not include Iduna. She and Dan survived the 4th grade class trip to California's Gold Country. They had a great time together and brought home many treasures.

Anya's class play was last week. She was the Parson in the Golden Goose by the Brothers Grimm. She delivered her line with passion and clarity rarely heard in a 1st grade play. It was loads of fun to watch her and her classmates enjoy the moment. And, because the Waldorf philosophy is all about living in the moment, we do not have a pic of Anya in her costume or a video of her theatrical debut.

Dan is applying for a PhD program at Argosy University. As long as he can switch to the new GI Bill, he will start in November. He is not looking forward to all the writing involved, and as his editor, neither am I. However, I know Dan will do a great job and this will help him take his career where he really wants it to go.

I am still dreaming stories and occasionally I have the time to put them on paper. My first essay should be published in the fall. The editing for print was a little more severe than I would have liked, but I am relatively happy with the end product. I adore the full product, which I have to say is a result of my editor, Heather's, help.

This summer, the girls, a friend or two and I are going to have a book club. We're going to start with Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingles Wilder. Then we're going to read Frindle by Andrew Clements. I'm not sure what we're going to finish with, but it will probably have dragons in it. The girls are going to do two weeks of music camp, called Bach to the Future. They're able to do this because of the children's choir they sing in during the year. Zerin and Normandy will have a productive summer tearing things apart and learning to get along. All in all, I am looking forward to spending time with all of my kids together again, going to the beach and possibly finishing scrapbooking the hard copies of pics from before the digital camera age.

Here's a diet coke to a busy summer!
Lysa