School's out for summer!

First off, Ethan has been improving so much medically this past week! He had about 5 "episodes" of heavy breathing since the increase in his inhaler. Even those though were much milder than they had been in the past! And actually he has gone 4 nights in a row now of no oxygen!! We are still on track for his cath July 8th and he is still scared, but we're very happy with this improvement right now :)

It's been a hectic week! The kids have been really enjoying their last week of school!

Callie had a wonderful field day with sun and temps in the upper 80s! They had a lot of fun!

I went to Ethan's the following week and we froze! He had cloudy weather with temps in the mid 40s! Brrr! I went to Ethan's field day to watch him and make sure he handled the activities without a problem. He took a few breaks, but tried all the games and had fun! One of his best friends, Cadence, came up to meet and said "Ethan is so funny. He tries sooooo hard! I mean he just tries sooo hard!" She was so serious and it just made me crack up! She has been a great friend to him this year!

Ethan talking with Jayden and Christopher. Cadence is in the front ready to run

Ethan and one of his best friends (Jayden)

Ethan doing the obstacle course

I left after the kids got their ice cream treats and headed back inside for class. I received a call from the nurse a couple hours later saying Ethan finally pulled his tooth out during lunch! That thing has been wiggly for months! :) The school put his tooth in a tiny treasure chest and he was so excited about that!

Ethan and his tooth!

Ethan also got a much needed haircut :)

 

 

Ethan's steri strips finally came off last night. I was very relieved since his skin hates adhesives of any kind and the strips were causing raw skin :( He's happy to have it off though!

 

Here's one of Callie's art projects from this year

 

 

 

Here are pictures from Callie's first and last days of 6th grade!

 

 

 

Here are pictures from Ethan's first and last days of 1st grade!

 

 

 Ethan's teacher sent home a DVD with a video of pictures of the school year. It was so sweet and I loved watching all these activities that Ethan participated in! I wish I could upload it onto here, but it's almost 18 minutes long so that wouldn't work! :) He finished off the school year meeting most of his IEP goals and had a report card of all Bs and an A!

 

Callie brought home 7 awards from the school ceremony today! She earned High Honor Roll and got straight As! :) She was accepted into the advanced and gifted programs for middle school next year. She will take 9th grade English/Reading and Algebra! Over the summer she has to take an online math course that will cover the things she'll be missing by skipping 8th grade math. So proud of my girl!

 

 

A couple of weeks ago my mom won tickets for the Wayside Fireworks at the Indians game! We got 6 tickets and they upgraded our regular season tickets for the game as well! My dad got to throw out the first pitch (sadly no pictures) and we were able to sit on the field in recliners to watch the fireworks show after the win! It was a great game and we all had a lot of fun!

 

 

 

Callie is halfway through her softball season. To say her team is rough is an understatement! It's been a looooong season already. :( Callie enjoys playing though even though her team is so bad. She rotates between catcher and third.

 

 

 

We have an extraordinarily packed summer ahead of us filled with sports, camps, trips, and doctor appointments! Please keep us in your prayers for a calm, safe, and healthy summer! I'll update soon with our summer fun!