Kid update

This is the crew from our 1997 trip to Disney World.  Note the yellow t-shirts.  This was a family tradition which our children hated.  I shall have to dig up some more pics to show you all.  Jim and I also wore the same color.  Trust me, when you take 6 kids to a fun-filled theme park with walking mice, ducks, dogs, princesses, whatevers, and thousands of children, some whom may resemble yours, you want to be able to recognize yours from behind as you're dive-bombing him at a run so that you can grab him before some psycho thug can!!  Which, yes, can also be quite embarrassing when you've dive-bombed the wrong kid.

ANYWAY,  the kids hated them.  We, as parents, loved them because their usefulness came in many, many times when several of our children (who's sex and identity won't be revealed here) would totally forget where they were and then bolt off to ride the Tea Cups.  Then we'd spread out and look for the same colored t-shirt with a kid inside.  We considered it a bonus if we snatched one of ours.  :)

ANYWAY AGAIN, I digress.

The point of this post is to catch you  all up with the wondrous and varied activities of our offspring.  

So, back to my wonderful children:

Daughter #1 is in her 2nd week of classes at Harvard.  Six days a week. Lots and lots of reading and outside studying.   She's overwhelmed and very happy all at the same time.  I think we can safely say that she likes it,

Daughter #2 was supposed to be staying in San Diego (you know, Paradise!) and working for J & L by helping out with S.  A decent job I must say.  Well, it also seems that the camp where the daughters have worked each summer for  few years is desperately in need of counselors.  So they  contacted  Daughter #2 to beg her to come back for the rest of the summer.  She finally agreed and came home Monday and then left yesterday.  Let's just hope she doesn't jump around like a crazed monkey and re-break her foot!

Daughter #3 stayed at school to take some classes this summer.  I think basically likes it, though she'd rather be home for the break.  She's finding out that there's less to do in a college town in the summer than during the school year.  In fact, whenever she gets a free day she seems to heading off to the afore mentioned camp to work.  She stays busy that way.  Oh, and she made excellent grades for the first summer term.

 

Son #1 is at said camp this week ..... his last year as a camper.  He will miss it.  He's working his regular job when he's home and crossing off his college-needs list as he shops.  This is made a bit difficult by his school, which doesn't tell people who they will be rooming with until 2 weeks before school starts.  That makes it a bit difficult to decide what to get for the room.  But he's excited and ready to go.  He and I are going to orientation next week.

Son #2 is taking summer school.  He liked it the first day --- not so much now.  I hope that he gets over that and works hard for the next few weeks.  I know he can do it -- he's very smart for someone who doesn't like school.

He's also loving the x-box.  Oh, and he turns 16 on Sunday.  Woot!

Son #3 has been doing an athletic camp every morning for the past 2 months (when we're home).  He managed not to throw up on the first day this year, so that was a huge improvement.

He is also loving the x box and his brother's hand-me-down computer.  And going out for Mexican food whenever he can talk me into it.  Not to spend time with me, mind you, but for the food.  Oh yeah, I rate.

Well, there you go .... that's the latest update.  

Here are some pics of S and Rigby.  She loved this kitten.  He was very patient and good with her.  I don't think he enjoyed the closeness that she valued so highly, but he took it like a trooper.  Although I must say that he mostly wore an expression that said, "Please help me." most of the time.

                                This is S carrying him around -- she has a very good grip:

                              This is her, getting ready to stuff him into something:

                              This is her attempt to swaddle him.  She actually did a pretty good job:

                                     This is post-swaddle (note the look of terror in his eyes):

                                        This is S stuffing him into her doll playpen:
                           

    

                                       Trying to stuff him into her doll highchair:  
         

                                        Reading to him:

                        Turning him upside down and she went in and out of her playhouse:

He took it all like a champ and was very good with her. I think she may be bombarding J with kitten requests now, for which he is ever grateful to me. :)