It is amazing what a difference a half hour can make. I have been trying to get downstairs to workout most days (I would say at least 80% of them) for a half hour. And I am just amazed at how far behind that puts me. All the things I used to do during that time seem to just pile up. I have less time do to my computer work because when Caroline gets up, she uses the computer. The cleaning that is not easy to accomplish with the kids around seems to get put off longer and longer. It is starting to make it harder to justify the time I am spending downstairs.
But I am trying to replan the schedule for the rest of the day so that it is not so that it can work. I want to get in better shape ( and lose the weight I had once lost) and have more energy. I now just need to find the patience to wait until things can work themselves out.
Caroline has successfully finished her first year of preschool and just love it. I have been amazed with the growth she has accomplished this year. She is more social and astounds me with how smart she is. She has a great memory and will just blurt things out that she learned at school that I would not have expected. She told me one day about metamorphosis (and I cannot even spell it).
I want to say a special Thank You to Ms. Carol and Ms. Gwen. Caroline loved them as teachers and I was blessed to have teachers who understood my daughter and embraced everything about her.
At the picnic that they have at the end of the year, I got a bit emotional (I know you are all shocked). I am not sure why. It is not like she is going into Kindergarten next year, but it seemed like she was such a big girl now. I think it is because I am so proud of her. She exceeds my expectations in what she can do and how she makes me feel.
One of our biggest events this Spring was Caroline's dance recital. I was less ready for this than I thought. She looked so grown up. She took it seriously and really did a great job. She did not get nervous (at least not outwardly) to going on stage. And she had fun. I was so proud of her, I may have cried some. Daddy was pretty proud too and got to give her a flower.
I think that the person that was the proudest was Caroline. She loved being able to share that with people. And Moe-Moe and Papa came to watch which was very cool for her. Not to mention that they enjoyed it as well.
Then we had swimming lessons. I was not sure how that would go but it was great as well. Grace cannot be in the water enough. And the fact that she had her Daddy all to herself just made it even more fun. Caroline was amazing. She had been so scared during her last 2 sets of lessons that she screamed the whole time. But this time she must have been ready. She finally passed P1 level and can move on. She even put her whole head underwater. Huge improvement.
And most recently we were at a resort with the whole Nelson family. It is a yearly event that we all seem to enjoy except we cannot catch a break with the weather. We have been going for the last few years and we only ever get about 1 day out of the weekend that has good weather. We are going to try changing weekends and see how things go.
Well enough rambling on for today. I will try to keep you more updated on our Summer events that I did with the Spring ones.
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