We are at the end of the school year. John's responsibilities are over for the time being. He will be judging DCI some this summer as well as teaching a research class.... but now has a few weeks off to pursue GOLF! Barb is gearing up to go to National Camp School for recertification as a BSA waterfront director, following which she will be running the pool for several weekends of Cub Scout camp as well as working her "hobby" job at Splash City. Emily and Matthew (with a freshly minted masters degree in International Relations and Commerce from the Patterson School for International Relations) are home. Emily for the summer and Matthew until his summer job starts, we think in Virginia. Emily will be working at Splash City as a lifeguard this summer while her boyfriend, Andrew, will be most likely working a roofing job in Connecticut. Olivia has a few weeks of school left but then will be attending summer school for six weeks half-days. We think this is good as she needs to continue to catch up. Reading is coming along but is a bit slow for what we thought it might be. She loves to have books read to her and we are most happy to do so. Spelling is excellent in school but sometimes retention several weeks down the road is a problem. We need to do more review with her on words she has already had. Math is fine.... she understands concepts well. She has been especially excited in school about space and the solar system. We later sawa book at Boarders that had an austronaut on the cover. She wanted me to buy the book because she said she was going to be an austronaut. Cool. She got the book. We believe that she is an exceptionally bright person with an amazing personality. Her guitar teacher asked if she was always this bossy at home...... to that we said , well, yes. She apparently told him he needed to clean up his studio. Olivia and Emily continue to bond. Emily is an amazing teacher and is very patient, explaining all that Olivia does not understand. Watching them do homework at the dinner table is a joy. Sisters. No doubt. We have a Disney trip planned in a couple of week. This is the girls 2008 Christmas present. We are hoping that it will be warm but not too crowded. The above photo is of Matthew and Olivia. What a pair. The other is Matthew and Ambassador Cavanaugh at Matt's graduation. Ambassador Cavanaugh is the Director of the Patterson School. Is anyone looking to hire a smart, politically savvy good looking 24 year old?
