Filling in... 4th of July 2013

Filling in... Summer 2013

I had an uncharacteristic series of missing posts during the last half of 2013, so I will attempt to re-cap in a few (or more) posts.

Had a visit from our gorgeous nephew Thomas.  He was the ring bearer in our wedding and used to call me "Lilac".  Love him!

13? 13! 13?! What the heck?

Happy 13th birthday to my baby girl, Áine Clare! 

Your perseverance, bravery, humor, and fiery spirit have brightened our lives more than you could ever know.

First Days of School 2013

I am behind on blog posts and hope to catch up in the coming weeks.  In the mean time, everyone is back in school.  Happy days are here again...

Ciara started on August 28, 2013.
The Sophomore is a member of the Supreme Court.
She is taking American Literature Honors, Algebra II/Trig Honors, AP European History, Spanish II Honors, Chemistry Honors, Spiritual Life, ACT Prep, and Pilates.  She is a member of the Alverno Singers and was asked by her choir director to join the Concert Choir as well.

She takes weekly drum lessons and voice lessons.

Recently, she approached the Campus Minister at Alverno to spearhead a Spread the Word to End the Word campaign campus-wide.http://www.r-word.org/
To that end she will be speaking at each of the religion classes next week.

You are off to an awesome start, Ciara!



Brendan started school on September 3, 2013.
This will be his last full year in the transition program.
He is very happy to be back in school and is looking forward
to learning more life skills and getting back to his work at the dog agility training centre.

You rock, Brendan!

Miss Áine Clare also started school on 9/3/13.
The 7th grader (!!) is very happy to be at Cleta Harder.
We were surprised to find out on the first day of school that 
she has a new teacher - Mr. Duke.

Daddy has a temporary part-time gig at her school and Áine just goes about her business.

She is happy to be back at school taking her walks, learning new things, swinging on her favorite therapy swing, and being with her friends.

This year will be a good one, Áine!

 

HBIC Carnival - Last Day of School

Miss Áine Clare finished her second full year at HBIC today.  Happy girl.

Brendan just completed his first full year at HBIC.

Brendan and Ciara at the Sensory Table.

Áine's last day with Simi :o(
We will see you soon!

Brendan riding the bike around the grounds.

Ciara painting one of Mom's signs for the Carnival games.

Behold the Sophomore - June 5, 2013

Off to take her last two finals, she left the house a Freshman and...

 returned a ... SOPHOMORE!!!

 Now on to what passes for summer around these parts..
Ciara's summer to do list... have fun, sleep, read for fun, visit with the babies, AP European History homework and project, Geometry homework, three summer reading books, 6 weeks of volunteering at HBIC, drum lessons, voice lessons... hmmm, is there room for anything else? Love you, sweet girl!

Pics of Brendan and Áine to come.  
Their end of the school year carnival is this Friday
and Mom, Dad, and Ciara are volunteering! 

June Festivies

At cousin Erin's baby shower the first weekend in June with Aunt Margaret.

Aunt Ciara and Eileen

Ciara and Emilia and Erin (the momma to be for the 3rd time)

 The day before the shower Ciara performed at her music school recital.
She rocked the drums to an Avril Lavigne song!