When the kids were young, I had anticipated that school would be a hotbed of contagion. What I had not anticipated was that school has nothing on the true hotbed of contagion, summer camp. Summer is not yet over, and between the kids' two camps we have had confirmed cases of strep throat, pneumonia, head lice, and now impetigo. Luckily, of these, only strep throat has so far made its way into our home. Lemon did have a pretty nasty stomach bug on Friday evening. However, I guess illnesses that merely result in a few loads of really gross laundry do not rise to the level of an official notice from camp.
Despite this microbial onslaught, Lemon has achieved a new milestone: he is finally through the 50-lb barrier. This means that after 11 hard-fought months, Lemon is finally ever so slightly larger than he was at the end of last summer. Hooray! Now if we can just pack on another pound or two before the start of the school year, I will feel like we're heading into first grade with a leg up on the impending winter.
We have some old friends staying with us this evening. I thought I was excited about seeing them and having them stay with us. But Lemon and Lime were REALLY excited. Especially because our friends have a 7-year-old who is amazing (legitimately, but especially so in the eyes of the 4- and almost-6-year-old). So, this evening was very reminiscent of our weekly dinners during graduate school, but with a much higher level of background chaos than we had in those days. I am pleased to report that the level of nerd humor is undiminished, however.
I am not at all prepared for the fact that August begins this week, and with it come a slew of fun events and also a lot of planning that has to happen. We have the kids' joint birthday party this weekend, followed by a visit from Uncle Jared and Auntie Lauren, followed by a visit from Grandma and Grandpa from New York (and our annual trip to Lake Geneva, which will include Lemon's 6th birthday--what???). Sometime in there I also have to find a new afternoon nanny to cover the afternoons for the last year that we will have a kid at home all afternoon. Oh and Lemon's quarterly clinic visit at the end of the month. And then before you know it, fall will be upon us, Lime will be in 4k, and Lemon will be in first grade!
