Graduation, and other stuff.

Last week was a crazy blur of activity and emotion. The teenager graduated from high school (with a list of honors, because he's awesome), that pretty much overshadowed all of everything. But there are other kids in the house, and they did their best to hold their own. So for all of them, here is our week in pictures.


At school, the tween's class had their first annual international day. There are so many different cultures in his class; all the kids got to bring in something traditional to their families, the parents were invited, and we all got a most fabulous lunch. Brilliant idea, I hope we can do it again next year!

The tween is playing premier soccer this year, so we live and breathe soccer at our house. Last week, at keeper training, the toddler found some tackling dummies to keep her busy (she also did some laps with one of the girls teams on the field, they pretty much loved it).

My cousin sends his daughter from Hawaii to spend a few weeks in the summer with her grandparents. I got to steal her away for a couple days, because the kids love love love her.

The big moment of the week, the one we've been counting down to for months, finally arrived. The teenager has officially graduated from high school. Holy cow, so much emotion. Look at that smile!!

And because it was a big day for us too, the four of us parents congratulated ourselves for surviving the last 18 years, together. Yay us, we did it too!!

Not to be outdone by her big brother, the toddler had her first ever dance recital. She loved getting dressed up, loved going on stage, and she LOVED sitting in the crowd with us after the intermission to watch the big kids dance. It was pretty much the epitome of cuteness.