As a mom I have a variety of job descriptions including housecleaner, chef, teacher, travel agent, lawn mower, laundress, shopper, photographer, event planner, financial planner, etc. Some moms have a lengthier job description. For example, my friend, Tab, raises chickens for meat, keeps chickens for eggs, gardens, and cans fruits and veggies from their gardens and fruit trees. In the summer, one that takes up more of my time than it typically does the rest of the year is chauffeur. It's not exactly my favorite task, but it's also not the worst (cleaning up vomit would be an example of something that is definitely worse). For example, on Monday I drove Nadia and Ian to theatre camp and stopped at the library and Walmart on the way home, drove Oliver to an orthodontist appointment, and stopped at Aldi and Surplus Oultlet on my way to pick up Nadia and Ian from theatre camp. Altogether Oliver and I were in the van for more than two hours yesterday. Ian and Nadia only spent about 40 minutes of that time in the van. Oliver had orthodontist appointments two weeks in a row, but he will only have one in July and so far, only has one scheduled in August. The kids are signed up for 15 days of theatre camp this summer, and today is the 8th day. The other two weeks that the kids have camp it's for overnight camp, which means far less driving. Nadia and Ian are too old for VBS. Our neighbor took Oliver to the VBS at our church, and I'm planning to take him to another VBS in July. Our schedule in June and July has been/will be pretty full, but August looks like it will be a lot more laid back. Two weeks in July we will have cousins visiting us! Wendy and two of her girls are coming next week, and then we're doing a cousin swap with some of Yvonne's kids the third week of July.
Yesterday I took Nadia for her annual physical. She grew 2.25 inches over the last year. She'll have to grow another 2.5 inches to be as tall as I am now (she'd have to grow 3 inches taller to reach the height I was when I was 12 as I already shrank 1/2 an inch). Time will tell! I am assuming that Oliver will be taller than me some day. She didn't need to get any shots. We had to wear masks. I think it was the first time Nadia wore a mask this year. We no longer have to wear them at the dentist office, but it seems the doctor's office is a different story. On our way to picking up Nadia and Ian at 5:00pm, Oliver and I stopped and got pizza. After we got Nadia and Ian, we drove to a state park we used to visit regularly when they had a naturalist who did many programs for homeschoolers, but we haven't been there for several years. A homeschool mom organized a "paint your pet" event. Nadia painted Peppa and Jenna on a canvas, and Ian painted a picture of Milo. Oliver wore his bathing suit but decided the water was too cold. He and I walked around the park some.
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