Marathon Mama and Her Kick Ass Kids

     Today felt like a week.  We had a nice breakfast at home and hustled off to school.  At 10am there was a class party to celebrate the end of kindergarten.  It has been a year of growth and the challenges that accompany it.    For every new word learned or math problem solved there was a hard Monday morning.  We muddled through and came out on the other side with nothing but smiles and appreciation.  The teacher created a 40 minute video of the year's events and to say I felt so proud of how far he has come would be an understatement.  I was able to thank the teacher for all of the extra effort.  Then off to pick up Emily.  I found her in the hallway rambling on about how she was interviewed for the news.  She didn't want to leave school but it was time.  It's been her favorite year yet.  When you make your kids your focus it is a blessing to have such a success story.  Two sparkling report cards later and we were off to celebrate Sweet Creams style.  In between lunch and the next episode of accomplishment were chores, to do items and piano practice.  Then we zoomed off to karate.  Today both kids had belt testing.  Emily is now a green belt with blue stripe and Ethan is a green belt.  He also showed a few boards who was boss.  Emily and I ate the second half of our lunch sandwiches on the way to a two hour flash mob practice.  Two hours of dancing and learning steps...after today?  Yep, we did it.  So here I am at 11pm exhausted.  Proud.  Beaming.  These days are hard.  There are lots of challenges. But they are a good hard.  I would rather be tired from these kind of days than the other kind.  These days make it all worth it.  Let the summer adventures begin...