Fourth Week Of Summer

Well, I know I said there was nothing on the calendar, but then emails started rolling in with invites and reminders, so here's what we did this week.

1) Information session breakfast at the JCC for the Under One Roof community art show for Big Girl

2) Annie's retirement dinner for dad, Big Girl and Middle Kiddo

3) Sleepover with her BFF for Big Girl

4) Haircuts for all the ladies

5) Golf for Middle Kiddo and dad

6) Kings Island for Middle Kid, Little One and dad

It's hard to believe that school has been out for a full month already.  Time has flown.  But I am very happy to report that all three kids have done very well this month with a highly unstructured schedule.  As recently as a few years ago, we relied on a Mother's Helper to assist us during the summer and now here we are with three teenagers who have gained enough independence around our home that their dad and I can succeed through an entire month with only one therapist seeing one child.

Third Week Of Summer

 Another fun week!

1) Flag Day Parade in our neighborhood courtesy of Little One

2) Kings Island for Little One, Middle Kiddo and dad

3) Orthopedic appointment for Big Girl

4) Field trip to see a replica of Columbus' Pinta for all

5) Dinner and icecream with grandparents, aunt and cousins

6) Another strawberry pick for mom - what a prolific season at our nearby u-pick

There's nothing yet at all on the calendar for week 4, so we shall see.

Second Week Of Summer

 I don't think I'll do a post for each week of summer, but we've had another busy and fun seven days.

1) Strawberry picking - the last u-pick of the season for mom (at least for this particular fruit)

2) Kings Island for Little One, Middle Kiddo and dad

3) Movie at the park for Big Girl and her BFF

4) Two-day neighborhood yard sale for mom

5) Summer Dance Day at the Cincinnati Ballet for Little One

6) Dental check-ups for the girls

First Week Of Summer

 We kicked off summer with a busy week that included a lot of fun activities.

1) Kings Island twice for Little One and Middle Kiddo plus dad

2) Golf for Middle Kiddo plus dad

3) Live opera at the park for Little One and Big Girl plus dad

Enchanted by opera

4) Pride challah baking class for Big Girl plus mom

5) Swimming for all minus mom

6) Date morning for the parents

Let the good times roll.  We love summer.

IAC Results Session 576-581

 The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 576 which was held on March 9, 2023:

1) Spanish dossier from April 2014 referred a female child aged 1 year and 11 months

2) Canadian dossier from February 2018 referred a female child aged 5 years with features in health status

3) Italian dossier from December 2021 referred brothers aged 8 years and 6 months & 7 years and 5 months

4) US dossier from January 2022 referred a female child aged 3 years and 3 months with features in health status and a family history

5) US dossier from February 2023 referred an identified waiting child

 The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 577 which was held on March 14, 2023:

1) Italian dossier from July 2014 referred a female child aged 2 years and 5 months with features in health status

2) US dossier from May 2021 referred a male child aged 1 year and 4 months with features in health status and a family history

 The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 578 which was held on March 28, 2023:

1) US dossier from March 2023 referred an identified waiting child

2) US dossier from March 2023 referred an identified waiting child

3) US dossier from March 2023 referred an identified waiting child

4) US dossier from March 2023 referred an identified waiting child

 The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 579 which was held on April10, 2023:

1) Spanish dossier from August 2014 referred a female child aged 2 years and 5 months

2) Spanish dossier from September 2014 referred a male child aged 8 years and 9 months with features in health status

3) French dossier from September 2015 referred a male child aged 1 year and 6 months with features in health status and a family history

4) Italian dossier from December 2021 referred brothers aged 6 years and 7 months & 7 years and 8 months

5) Italian dossier from December 2022 referred brothers aged 10 years and 11 months & 8 years and 1 month

6) US dossier from March 2023 referred a female child aged 1 year and 11 months with features in health status

7) US dossier from March 2023 referred a male child aged 1 year ad 5 months with features in health status and a family history

 The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 580 which was held on April 18, 2023:

1) US dossier from November 2022 referred an identified waiting child

2) Italian dossier from April 2023 referred an identified waiting child

 The following referrals were issued in IAC Session 581 which was held on April 27, 2023:

1) US dossier from September 2020 referred a male child aged 1 year and 6 months with features in health status and a family history

2) Canadian dossier from December 2022 referred a male child aged 1 year and 6 months with features in health status and a family history

3) Canadian dossier from April 2023 referred siblings, male and females, aged  7 years and 11 months & 9 years and 2 month & 5 years and 9 months with features in health status and a family history

4) US dossier from April 2023 referred an identified waiting child

5)  US dossier from April 2023 referred an identified waiting child

6)  US dossier from April 2023 referred an identified waiting child

End Of Year Gifts

Our in-home teachers are always commenting on the yummy smells from our kitchen that they get to enjoy (or maybe endure) during their sessions here.  They don't usually turn down a sample and sometimes will ask for a recipe.  So I thought it might be fun to make the 22/23 end of year gift all about cooking with spices from five different continents... because teachers make the world go round.

And of course, I created my annual driveway chalk art to close out the year for our little neighborhood friends whose last day also happens to be today overlapping with my homeschooling kids'.

High School In The Headlights

Tomorrow is Big Girl's last day of 8th grade which means in September she will be in high school.  Eek - didn't I just put a newly minted Kindergartener with a heavy Armenian accent on the school bus on a cold January morning?

Big Girl had an overall excellent school year and completed her classes at her home school co-op with straight As.  Her schedule included four high school level classes (Health, Basic Language Arts, American Sign Language, Independent Study Art) and between those courses and the ones she completed in 7th grade, she has now already earned six of the 21 credits required for high school graduation in our state.

In September, she will begin four additional high school courses at the co-op: Geoscience (an elective) and Algebra 1, Personal Finance/Stock Market, and Contemporary US and World History (graduation requirements).  Here at home, I will teach her a US Literature class, a prospect about which I am pretty giddy.  I have already started designing my curriculum and I think it will be challenging and fun.

We're proud of our Big Girl and looking forward to what the next four years hold.

Updated: Last breakfast of 8th grade