Balance?

 This week, I must say the balance is skewing kid-ward, which is only a bummer because next week is TOTALLY kid-centered because it's DANCE NATIONALS (you gotta read that with jazz hands in your heart). Maybe the following week, I can treat myself to a work retreat. (But I won't because kid activities will be in full swing, and my house will be a wreck from the previous week of neglect. Bah humbug).

(Also, I have gone for a run every single day since 9/1, and I am not going to let a pesky weeklong dance comp derail that-- wish me luck)

Dorothy wanted to shop with a friend, but I did not want to just drop her off at the mall, so Minnie and I also hung out there (FAR AWAY from Dorothy and her friend).

(Also even though she literally needs new Lulu Align shorts (Annabel ate them), Dorothy spent her $70 on SKINCARE instead-- which she does not need-- oh to have 13-year-old skin again).

 

No rain, but a rainbow! 

Ugh-- I really wanted to get dressed before I had to start running kids this summer, but it does not always happen...

Make it Monday!

Look at me balancing my s'more cookies with fully prepped salad ingredients!

Minnie has the PERFECT swim lesson time. Right after dive practive and the final 30 mins before the pool opens for open swim. It is going to be hectic keeping this slot with dance drops, but with 2 big bros either at the pool or home, I think we can swing it...

Other things:

Dorothy and I joined a mother-daughter philanthropy league and are excited to meet new friends and volunteer in our community.

Harry turned TWENTY and also got glasses

I am not white dress material.

Graduation weekend!

 JACK JEDD, high school grad!!!

Graduation was at the Kohl Center on campus. a change of venue from Harry's graduation, that we all enjoyed.

Perhaps we should have gotten there earlier to sit a tad coser, but the view from the jumbotron was great!

Random shout ot to Madison public schools!! I bet those letters were a good investment since all 4 major high schools do back-to-back graduations in the same place the ame weekend.

We had plenty of time to wait and get bored despite our bad seats.

Minnie made rainbow loom bracelets with her fingers.

Jack! Graduating!!

We were so excited to spot him while the kids filed in

Socks and sandals

Officially official!

We took many configurations of pictures

And then! A special visitor surprised us at brunch

Brunch was lovely, BTW

We also celebrated on Friday night

And then Ben and Jack drove a carpool of speech kids to O'Hare at 3 am on Sunday so they could catch their flight to DC for SPEECH NATIONALS. Jack is currently living his best life with his speech friends and meting some other incoming Bradley speech freshmen-- he'll be home just in time for me and Dorothy to leave for dance nationals hashtag busy summer.

Minnie's take on the weekend:

Summer "break," end of school, DANCE, etc.

 Is summer break over yet? I might rehome the next person who says the word "snack." IT HAS BEEN ONE DAY of summer break, as of the time of this writing.

Minnie made a glue heavy collage AND did an entire workbook. WHAT NOW.

Jack is all packed up for his national speech trip (he leaves at the literal crack of dawn on Sunday and is gone for a week in DC)

Coop taught Minnie how to to tell time

Minnie had her first pizza night at the pool

Cooper had his last practice at Wisconsin Dive Club and will be diving with a new club and new coaches (same facility) starting next week (there has been some dramz).

Jack got to do his senior walk at Minnie's school (which was his elementary school from 4K to 5th grade).

4th grade teacher

4K teacher

kindergarten teacher

And then there was a massive thunderstorm/ tornado and the last day of school dismissal was delayed because everyone was sheltering in place, so Minnie did not get to leave the building to bubbles and. music and dancing, which is the usualy tradition. I wanted to bring her home with me when tornado sirens went off at the end of senior walk, but she didn't want to miss a minute of her last day, so the big buys and I had turkey sandwiches and watched the storm.

Dorothy had 7 friends ride the bus home with her to go to the pool, and, luckily, the clouds parted just in time, Phew!!

No pics of that, but I do have some epic first day/last day shots

And! Of course! DANCE RECITAL PICTURES YOU GUYS I MEAN.

Dress rehearsal:

THE BIG SHOW

You know what's awesome about living so close to school? Minnie's teacher was making farewell keychains for the class and taking pics for them with another teacher to help, and we saw it all unfolding on the way to the bus and wasted no time jumping in:

Also for real summer running is horrible