The Ubergoober loves his cousin, mostly because Baby G is three years younger than he is, so Goober can be the elder, wiser kid rather than the pesky baby brother he usually is.
We shot in an archery tournament as a family a few weekends ago, which was a lot of fun. I took second in my division, Goober took first and Nature Boy... well, he looked really good.
This wasn't actually at the shoot, but you get the idea.
Goober got a new bow for his birthday in May and he's been loving it.
We've been gardening in full force. Over the weekend, the peas started to make an appearance and the onions were standing at attention. On Monday, the beans put forth a mighty effort and shot three inches out of the ground. The corn managed to evade the crows, who like to eat the seed before it can sprout, and started popping up yesterday as well. Of course, so did the weeds and it looks like we may have to scrap the whole crop and do some soil amending.
Goober and I planted an apple tree, my mother's day gift from him. Then, as he was mowing, Nature Boy took out one of the existing apple trees so we had to plant another. We're trying to make the best of our 40 acres, so we're establishing an acre of apple orchard. It's more of a free-form orchard, though, so the trees are rather scattered about. But it will fit with the wild nature of the rest of the property.
Yesterday was Goober's last day of school. I would have taken a photo, but he's been rather sensitive about it all. He's spent the last two years at our neighborhood elementary school. It's a wonderful school with wonderful teachers and helpful staff and a kick-ass playground. But next year, he'll be going to a different school, one that's in a neighboring community about 20 minutes away from our house. Why are we shipping our newly minted second grader out to the hinterlands for school when we have a perfectly good one just three miles from our house? Because that's where the smart kids go. Our school district has a special program for advanced students and Goober tested in to the program. It's really cool because he'll be with kids who are on his level and he can read more difficult books and do more in-depth projects. Ironically, I was in the pilot class for this program way back when, so it's kind of cool that my kid is going there, too. To help make the transition easier, Goober's new teacher let us come out for a classroom visit and we went on the day they had a picnic to finish out their French unit. (I totally took pictures of this and then deleted them off my memory card before I could download them. I'm really upset with myself.) He felt okay after the visit, but as it came time to say goodbye to his friends at his old school, Goober got a little maudlin. I know he will be fine once he gets there, but the transition will be difficult.
So now it's summer vacation and life is moving at a different pace. A little slower, a little less hectic but still busy.
1 comments:
Love this post. It makes me *almost* miss the nature aspect of WI. Almost. :) Your shortie will be AWESOME after about 3 days at his new school--you have done such an awesome job with him, there is no doubt that he will be resilient and amaze you at his adaptivity!
:) You rock!
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