Yea for summer! We are LOVING the slower routine. My social groups haven’t started, yet, so all I have is a couple of private clients, kids’ activities, and home organization projects. It’s wonderful! The kids are getting into the routine which consists of daily assignments for exercising, talent development, chores, and homework. They have limited “screen” time, although in July we’re doing black-out month, so we won’t be watching TV or playing games this month. Great for creativity and socialization development! At the end of the month, we’ll go to an amusement or water park as a reward.

We’ve made some short trips up to see family in Seattle and Sequim. Another one coming up this weekend. That’s about all. Work finally worked itself out, and I will be working in the schools three days a week and doing private work the other two. I already have a full schedule. I’m also planning on coordinating with a local psychologist who does social skills groups to be her back-up as she goes on maternity leave in October. Lots of opportunities are opening, and I like it. I will need to be careful not to overdo it. I’ll really try!

As far as Isaak’s school, we had considered changing his placement because he hadn’t had a real successful year. He’s at the age where things are getting very complex socially, and it really takes someone with expertise to know how to train and teach the needed skills to be successful. We came to an agreement with the school to increase the level of trained support, so we hope that will be what he needs. He has a ways to go to be ready for the middle school environment the next year. Very scary. We also have homeschooling in the backpocket if we need to. I’d have to scale down work, of course, but I could do that and will, if it becomes necessary.

Audra Jr.’s great. Really enjoying summer. She spends about every waking minute (and many sleeping) with her best friend, and she seems very happy. She sure was mad last week, though, because her pool gave me wrong information about the date of a swim meet and we missed it, so she didn’t get awards, then she missed the pool “party” the next week simply because we forgot. Ah, the tribulations of being a kid!

Dave is liking work much better now. He’s on swing shifts which he likes (I don’t) and he likes his training officer now. He comes home with lots of fun stories to share which is different than his Army work (which he’d have to kill me after telling me if he did).

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