Nine Years Old, really?

Oh my goodness.  I can't believe my little girl is now 9 years old.  As Chris is fond of saying, we're halfway there!  Only 9 more years to go until we've (hopefully) raised a successful adult.

I've just gotten the rest of the May and June pictures put up on the site as well as the pictures from our annual Birthday Pool Party.  Jazz had a great time this year and it's so fun to look back and realize that she has been friends with the same group of kids almost all her life.  We realized that same day that she and our neighbor's daughter have basically grown up together as Jazz was 2 when we moved in and MK was 6.  So much fun to know that we are in a stable place that is hopefully providing good, lasting friendships.

In other news, summer homeschooling is going well.  We are a bit more laid back this year and since I took a second summer job there seems to be more sleeping-in happening all the way around but that's okay - it's what's Summer is for!  I'll be posting the end of the year write up here when I get it done, but for now Jazz is still reading at a 6th grade level and above and is doing 6th grade language arts work.  Her Math skills are on target for her age and we are working our way through history lessons with Story of the World.  The rest we are doing as we go - learning the art of spinning Poi, traveling to New York and maybe some other trips over the summer, spending time with our friends from Girl Scouts and making sure there is plenty of time to be a kid and play.

I hope that you all enjoy the pictures, and that you are having great summers yourselves!