Last Day of School x 3

Yesterday was my youngest son's
last day of school.
I was surprised that
he wanted to get up early today
and go spend the day
with one of his sisters
at her last day of school.
She works as an instructional assistant.
Today was the oldest son's
last day of school as well.
He is also an instructional assistant.
Then tomorrow is
the oldest daughter's last day of school.
She has almost completed her 1st year
as a second grade teacher
and her third year as a teacher.
No more school for a couple of months.
Hooray!
I love the slower pace of Summer,
at least for a couple of months.

Today I am grateful for

a break from making school lunches.
a break from early morning wake up service.
the smell of rain.

Summer Reading Program

Every summer when school gets out I have taken by kids to the library to sign up for the summer reading program. It has been a lot of fun to choose books and earn prizes. My two oldest kids even volunteered as staff for the program. It has been a memorable part of our summer. My oldest son won a bicycle one year in a reading program drawing. Wow, just for reading! Now that all my kids are older, I have missed this summer tradtion. I was really excited this year to read that our library was having a summer reading program for adults. You better believe I was down there the first day I could register. Just for registering I got a flash drive, a book bag, a Spanish/English dictionary and a COOKIE! They are going to have drawings every few weeks for gift cards and other prizes. Finally, an excuse to have to read! I love it!!