Busy Season

May is probably our busiest month of the year.  Lots of birthdays to celebrate, including my husband's, and our wedding anniversary.  My son's baseball games, an upcoming band concert and his cub scout Blue & God banquet.  This year's banquet was very special because after 5 years of hard work he bridged over to Boy Scouts. 

When I signed him up for cub scouts they were desperately seeking den leaders and asked my husband if he was interested.  So, he took on the role as one of the leaders.  After a few years the pack had closed so they moved to another pack.  The scouts has given our son so many amazing experiences and opportunities.  He mentioned how he didn't want to move to the Boy Scouts and my husband really wanted him to so I told him to at least give it one year.  I'm so proud of him and all he's accomplished so far.  He really does work hard. 

It was important for me to have children who keep busy.  I don't want them sitting around in front of screens all the time.  However, sometimes I feel like we've put them in too much but they seem to be handling it well.  It's my husband and I that tend to go crazy.  All the driving around from one event to another ... but it's really been worth it. 

My daughter's dance recital is in June and she'll be in 3 different dances.  She's got picture day coming up next weekend and soon will have to put in extra rehearsals. 

Yes, it's a busy month. 

The last day of school is May 31st and I'm sort of ready for it.  I'm ready for the break from work.  Listening to loud children and constantly wiping up their messes in the cafeteria can get to be too much.  However, I'm not ready to see my children move up to another grade.  I'm not ready for them to grow up anymore.  We can all use the break, though. 

The summer schedule is already filling up.  My son will have two weeks of band camp and one week of scout camp.  I have two surgeries scheduled for my skin cancer.  Hopefully we can find plenty of fun times and hopefully plenty of relaxing. 

Because of my surgeries and having so much to do I decided to hold off on gardening this year.  The less I have to keep up with the better.  I'm hoping that what has been our gardening area can be turned into a nice patio. I'm just waiting for my husband to buy the pavers so we can get busy on it. 

Well, that's my latest update.