The busyness is finally winding down

right?

We’re almost done with our school year schedule and ready to jump into our summer learning.  Is it wrong that I’m excited to leave behind Science and Math and History for a few months?

Probably my favorite activity to draw to a close is softball.  I can not tell you enough how glad I was to see the end of the commencement ceremony.  And the team party immediately following, was bliss.  I don’t know why I abhorred softball so much this year.  McKayla was really quite amazing.  This was her best season yet.  She played well more often than not.  Her butt saw very little time on the bench.  Her team even placed 2nd.  I don’t know, maybe it had something to do with 7:30pm games twice a week.  Maybe it had to do with wild toddlers.  Or maybe just the freezing cold wind that seemed to follow me wherever I went.  I’m just glad it’s over.

I’m also pretty excited to see the lower division of baseball end.  There’s something about non-competitive that equates itself to just a tad worthless in my mind.  I think if we’re not going to keep score, we don’t really need to play for 90 plus minutes.  An hour should suffice.

I am going to miss the fun of farm division though.  There definitely isn’t any balancing of baseball bats on your fingertips in the minor division.  Nor are there many kids that still lay down in the middle of the outfield because they’re just “tired of playing!”.

Tonight was our bridging over ceremony for cub scouts.  Michael crossed over from Tigers to Wolves. I was feeling a tad bit sad at the ceremony when Mike crossed the bridge and they took off his orange tiger hat and neckerchief and replaced it with the yellow one.

Because lately, time just seems to be speeding on by.   I am really missing the cuddly babies and sweet newborns.  I know how quickly they grow.  It seems like yesterday that Marshall was a small little Tiger Cub.  And seeing all those missing teeth and sweet dispositions makes me want to squash his little body and beg him to stop growing.

Then I reminded myself that I have two more boys waiting impatiently to be Tiger cubs.  I’ll save the waterworks for then.  For now, I’m going to concentrate on the freedom of the boys getting older.  For the first time, I won’t have to attend any meetings.  I can be the kind of parent that just drops their kid off.  I might even make them walk themselves to scouts. How amazing would that be!