Spring fever

Two days in special ed. this week, this time I'm at the High school.  Most of the kids are super sweet and don't cause any trouble so that makes it nice but there just isn't much for me to do.  So I'm glad they let me borrow a laptop so I can get my e-mails done, maybe write a blog entry :) and kill some time.  Almost makes me feel guilty for getting paid for this. :)

It is kind of funny but even though it's not even the middle of April, the kids in all the schools are checking out, having a Spring Fever and I can even see it as a sub.  Maybe it has to do with our forever long winter but now that the snow is melting and we have longer day light it's almost like kids had enough and they're done.  Even our kids, when they get home from school they just want to play outside until dark and it's getting harder keeping them on track, sticking with the bedtime routine and stuff.  And as the school days are slowing down, my subbing days are getting busier :) and I'm working every day.  Really, I just keep reminding myself that it's less than 2 months and we're all done with school so I can do it for that long.  It helps that I have a fun summer to look forward to.

In June Ehren and I are going to California for a week to celebrate our 15th anniversary and we're both so excited.  It is probably the first time since having kids that we're going somewhere fun just the 2 of us.  Ehren and I have both wanted to go there for a visit some day and last year our good friends from Thief River moved there so we thought it would be the perfect place to go.  For us it's always more fun going somewhere when you can visit with friends, old or new.  So it will be a great start to our summer and I can't wait.

Last week I also found out that I won't be watching my niece Emily during the day this summer.  She'll go to a daycare with her sister Aveah and they can't just pull them both out or else they will lose a spot when the Fall comes which is so hard to come by in our town.  So I understand but it is a bit sad to not see Emily much because our kids love playing with her.  When I told the kids Anika started crying and wrote a letter to Emily about how much she'll miss her this summer.  It was sweet and I love it that the two of them are so close.  Whenever Emily is at our house her and Anika play so well together and I could count on one hand how many times they argued or fought over the last few years.  I told Ani that we'll still have Emily and Aveah over a lot, we just won't see them every day like we used to.  And for me, now that it has sunk in a little that it will be just me and my kids at home I am getting really excited about it and can't hardly wait.  For years my summers have been spent watching the daycare kids and not being able to leave the house until after dinner.  Now I'm going to be able to go places any time of the day, getting together with friends, maybe going to visit family for a few days at a time and just enjoying the summer.  I know that Kade will be begging for going to friends' houses or them coming over every day because he's already doing that now but I guess it is part of them growing up and I'm glad he has a couple close friends that are very nice boys.

But 3 months off of school is a long time I think for anybody and so I'm already looking for Math workbooks for Kason and Anika and we'll have to do a bit of "homeschooling" at least for reading, writing and math so they don't forget everything they learned.  It actually helps to have a little bit of a schedule during the week when we do school stuff because it helps break up the day and the kids are bored less.  So I hope we can all stick with it and just enjoy our warm (or at least warmER) weather. :)