Dallin ran track this Spring and did a great job. He won or placed in every race until the finals. At the end of the season, he developed shin splints. They became more and more severe, and by the finals we were afraid that he had developed stress fractures, because the pain when he ran was excruciating. At the qualifiers, we could tell he was having trouble, but he managed to qualify in all his events. At the finals, he just couldn't run like normal, so he was disappointed. He was especially disappointed because his 4x100 relay team took second, and probably would have won if he hadn't been injured. It is hard to let your teammates down. Oh well. He is only in 6th grade, so he still has two more years of Junior High track. Hopefully next year he will stay healthy all season.
Tad graduated from preschool and got the traditional space shuttle send-off.
His preschool teacher is amazing and we are so grateful she started it up again after she got home from her mission.
He heads to Kindergarten next year and I am going to miss him so much. Everyone keeps saying to me how I must be rejoicing that all of my kids will be in school next year - but I am really sad about it. I think it is because I waited soooo long to be a mother. It honestly felt like forever. But the years that I had my little kids at home with me went so fast. Maybe if I had married and had my kids really young, then I would understand why all these mothers are so happy to be rid of their kids, but I just don't feel that way.
At least Kindergarten is only 1/2 day here, so I have another year before the real sadness hits.
This is Drake at his piano recital. He played his pieces perfectly and is doing such a good job of learning the piano. He has great technique for a beginner. I am excited to see how he progresses from here.
This is Thomas at the piano recital. He also played his pieces perfectly. We never had money when Jeremy was teaching to pay for piano lessons, so I worked with Thomas a little bit to get him started, but once we started building our house, all of that went out the window. We started him up this last year with a piano teacher, and he was worried because he felt so far behind other kids his age, but he is really taking off and making great progress.
He is so funny because I always sit with him at his first practice after piano lessons, and make sure that he is counting correctly, playing the right notes, etc. and he gets so irritated with me when I correct him. But after that first practice, he has everything down and is almost ready for another lesson. I never have to sit with him again, he just remembers it all and perfects his pieces after that. So now, we just need to work on him not being so irritated with his mom for helping him.
Thomas and Drake after the recital. They are holding t-shirts from their teacher. The t-shirts say 'Piano is my jam!" They are really cute.
I forgot to take my good camera to the recital, so unfortunately, I only got these poor pictures with my phone. Oh well, something is better than nothing. I am so pleased with my two piano players!!