some pre summer updates

I'll start with Stephanie so she doesn't feel left out being away and school and away from the crazy chaos that is my house.  Stephanie is renting a school security van and taking her dorm residents on a field trip to the Columbus Zoo.  She is as excited now as she was when she was going on a 5 year old field trip.  She has announced that she wants to go to Vet school.  For those keeping track that is 5 majors in 2 years, but I'm told she has kept it in the same science area so none of her classes are wasted.  We are looking forward to having her home for the summer, but she will be taking online summer classes and leaving us for a vacation with Aunt Laura to run though the streets of Washington D.C.  I'm still trying to find a film crew to follow them around.

Nick is finishing up his school baseball season today, if it doesn't get rained out.  This week he pitched his first complete game no hitter shut out.  I'm told that was a good thing :)  I think he was pretty proud.  Summer baseball starts in a few weeks, as does drivers ed.  When Stephanie got her license I was traumatized....this time around I can't WAIT to turn the keys over and let him cart himself around to all of his activities and events.  I have promised to not refer to his band as the boy band anymore now that they have more official gigs.  I hate the word gigs, but whatever.  They are playing at Musica in Akron on May 27th and at Peabody's in Cleveland on July 8th, opening for bands that are allegedly well known.  They are also playing at Relay for Life in Hudson on June 11th but I'm pretty sure that one won't make them famous.

Jack is Jack, basically just entertaining the rest of us.  He is playing baseball too.  We've convinced him that he doesn't have to do whatever Nick does so he mostly plays 3rd base and pitches only a little.  He's not totally accurate yet at 11 years old but man that kids throw could take your head off.  I think we should just have him pitch when we are losing, he can take out a few of their good players.  Jack offered me up to bring in snack foods for the international feast, from the region he was studying.  Normally this would be no problem, but, ummmmm, he studied Point Noire in the republic of Congo.  They eat monkeys people.  Monkey tacos for the 5th graders?  Maybe I'll just bring bananas.  He's ready for swim team, summer baseball league, baseball camp, football camp, church camp...you get the picture, keeping him busy all summer is the goal here.

We are definitely ready for summer around here.  Winter lasted until late April and then it just rained.  Bring on the sunshine.