1st Day of School---2015

 Another school year has begun...2015! 

My boys are at the beginning of a year full of endings.  My Oldest is a senior in high school and my Youngest is in 5th grade (his last year in elementary school).  It's going to be a strange, crazy ride this year.  My goal is to enjoy every moment of it and every moment I can with my boys, since this is a year of change.

My Oldest is taking such classes as:  Band, French, AP English 4, AP Politics & Government, AP Statistics, AP Psychology and AP European History...he is going to be very busy!  He is also working on his Eagle Project for Boy Scouts, this has been a long, hard road, but worth every minute of it!  He just attended his Ordeal for Order of the Arrow (Scouting Honor Society) that concentrates on giving service to their community, again I am so very proud of him and his accomplishments!  It's so hard to believe that he'll be 18 later this year, and I'm going to spend as much time with him before he goes out to live/make his own way.

My Youngest is in 5th grade, that means he gets to do exciting things like beginning Orchestra (he's not sure if he's going to play the violin, viola or cello), and he'll be in the Honor Choir at school.  He's loving social studies and math and this will be his first full year in Gifted and Talented.  On the Scout front, he'll be earning his Arrow of Light (the highest Cub Scout award you can earn) and he'll be graduating into a Boy Scout Troop!  He's still very active in baseball, his first double header of the fall season is tomorrow night and it sounds like he might be doing some pitching (he's very excited about this prospect...me, not so much!) 

My husband and I are learning to let go...was it not just yesterday that we brought the boys home?  Our plan is to start concentrating on us...we will still be active in Scouting, but my role as a Cub Scout leader will be over and my role as a Scout Mom will begin.  We both enjoy camping and cooking...we might start cooking classes together, travel and gardening...I love that man more every day!  I'm going to hug them and kiss them and cuddle with them as much as possible and love them with all of my heart!