Life with boys is as crazy as you imagine but lately life has gotten worse. What did I expect with 4 boys graduating from high school, 2 finishing up middle school for the year and one super active two-year old. Well, I obviously didn't expect what I got which was life on the Autobahn.
I am thrilled to say though that all the boys did graduate. It took a lot of last minute work to get Lee there but he pulled it together and did it. I am not sure that his counselor thought we could get him there but obviously the counselor doesn't know Kevin and I very well. We are very proud of Lee's accomplishments this year. I am very proud to also announce that Lee and Dakota have decided to join the National Guard to help pay for the college. Which is a relief with college being so expensive now. So, Dakota and Lee will be heading off to boot camp in the fall and when they come back they will jump into college life at Chemeketa. Zach and Daniel (Big) are planning on attending Chemeketa in the Fall which we are thrilled with and then Zach plans on attending The Seattle Art Institute in two years. I just realized that I have no idea what Daniel plans to do after his 2 year stint at Chemeketa. I guess I better ask.
We have also been doing so apartment/house searching. The boys would like to move out as soon as possible but they also want to be near mom while Kevin is gone. I will enjoy having more space in the house but also having them nearby. I am so not ready to let go! I realized that when Dakota was gone to MEPS for his physical. He can be pretty grumpy and have an attitude with me but he is my first born and I do so enjoy him when he is playing nice! Daniel (little) and Devin are very excited to have the big boys move out. They are planning on moving out of Dylan's room as quickly as possible. Then they plan on renovating Dakota's old room into a game room. The little wheels are moving in their heads. Kinda scary.
Dylan has been a lot of fun lately and is growing in so many ways. We are dipping our toes into potty training right now. He is SO not interested in it. He doesn't mind dipping his buns in the toilet water (reminds me to keep the bowls super clean) but he certainly doesn't want to do his business there. I am trying not to worry about having him potty trained by September. Dylan started horse therapy last Wednesday. He was very excited to start but once again his short attention span got in the way and he didn't finish the time there. But we were able to move onto the non-horse part of the thereapy without too much of a hitch. I am hoping that this Wednesday will go just as well.
There are so many other things going on but I can't seem to remember them all at the moment. But it is past midnight so I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIEL! I plan on blogging his story later today.
