Our Family Chronicle

The Last Day

The excitement has been growing for the last day of school, can’t wait, can’t think of anything else!!!! Now that day has arrived, do we have to go home?- DAD I am bored, what can we do?  Give us something to do.  Come on dad!!!

SUMMER SCHOOL!!!!

Daaaaad!!!!! 

 I like the idea.

They both had a good last day.  Melinda’s class went swimming and Alex’s class went to an indoor amusement center of sorts. 

Alex’s class had a continuation ceremony – celebrating the end of elementary school and the beginning of middle school.  He was presented with a couple of awards and he seemed proud that he was continuing on to middle school.  He was acting goofy during the ceremony but I noticed all of his classmates were acting the same way.  We decided to let them have their fun for the night.

Melinda is excited about being out for the summer but she has made a lot of good friends as she is not nearly as shy as she once was. Her friends are just as dramatic as she is and they all seem to have fun exaggerating everything they can. I enjoyed seeing how much fun she had with the other kids.

While they are both excited about being out of school I am not sure that I am prepared to have them home wanting to be entertained – so I will be making up a list of chores for them.  A list they will no doubt ignore, but it will make me feel very fatherly to present it to them in honor of their summer vacation.

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  So the end of the school year is rapidly approaching and the kids are getting excited about summer.  I am trying to be excited about summer as well but I also need to come up with a plan to keep them studying so they don’t fall behind during these months of freedom and I need to find a way for them to make it to swimming team and baseball and all the fun activities that come with summer vacation.  I need to keep them busy and at the same time keep up with my business.  Did I use the words freedom, fun, and vacation?  Wish me luck as they are not even out of school yet and they are already bored when home. I see now that I will need to create a list of chores so they have something to do other than computer games and drive dad crazy. 

One of the more fun things that come with the end of the school year is field day.   This took place last Friday.  Grandma Judy drove me to the park where the events were taking place so we could enjoy the very fun competitions (games) or just plan silliness of the morning.  Alex wasn’t taking the games serious at all (which are fine), he just wanted to goof off with his friends which he did get to do.   Melinda was a little more interested in wining but had fun as well.  She had a very big smile all morning and was very excited that Grandma Judy was there.  Though the kids are a lot of work I guess I will keep them around a while longer as it is fun when I get to just watch them goofing off and not have to worry (for a moment or two) about anything else.   

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Last Sunday was a gathering of friends and family to celebrate my dad’s life. This was a good thing but more stressful for me than it should have been.  I do not seem to know how to feel, how to act, – I am old enough I should know but I just tried to stay low key and out of the way.  In many ways it seemed more difficult for Pattie than it was for me. She went for a walk around the pond with friends to try to relax. Alex and Melinda were fine.  Alex went for a walk with his cousin Riley.  Melinda wanted to sit and listen to the service but after a little while a few people started crying and she decided to go outside as well.  She asked me latter if that was ok and I told her she did fine. 

 A few people were able to get in front of everyone and tell a story about my father, most of the stories I had heard from my dad.  It was interesting to hear them from the other person’s point of view.   I was not up to telling any stories myself  (at least not in front of everyone) but will most likely share a few, here, from time to time.  Why that is better I don’t know. 

 I had scanned more than a few images for a slide show – add to that the ones that Deanna had Scand and the digital images that Judy had and we had a long slide show that spanned the years of my dad’s life.  It took some time to scan them in but it was enjoyable and entertaining to see all those photo’s of my dad with all those friends and relatives.  I believe everyone spent some time watching the show and I want to find the time to go back through it myself.

Dad as a "Young Stud"

 I have yet to have a day go by without wanting to give dad a call and tell him something about the kids or ask him some stupid question about my house.

 Amongst the relatives and friends that had come to this was Richard my dad’s brother and his son (my cousin) Joe and wife, Tami and girls, Samantha and Sarah.    They actually helped me keep sane, ok, somewhat sane.  Not surprising, it was great to see them and spend time with them.  Why do we wait for tragedy to bring us together???   Pattie and I, along with the kids,will find a way to make it up to Minnesota to visit them.   I have more to say but it will have to wait.

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