Disney, Baseball, Mother's Day, Wisdom Teeth, Golf

The kids are down to their final days of school. The teens have basically stopped going. They have turned in their computers, their teachers have stopped teaching and grades are final. May has turned into a month of testing and once those tests are done, so are the kids. At least for the high school.

Luke has also wrapped his testing. He got perfect scores on the reading and science assessments and only missed math by one question. Tonight is his fifth-grade promotion and tomorrow is fifth-grade day, I am sure I will write more about those later.

 We upgraded our Disney passes so we can now go on the weekends. In honor of Mother’s Day, I dragged everyone to Magic Kingdom on Saturday, May 10^th. We had a really fun visit. The boys, Thomas and I spent some time on Tom Sawyer’s Island. I appreciate the need to make room for new attractions, but I am going to miss the island. It was kind of an oasis away from the busyness of the park. I wouldn’t say we spent a lot of time there, but we always had fun when we went, and it was nice knowing it was there. I remember how much our big kids loved it when they were little.

Maybe our last picture at Fort Langhorn

The double entendre here makes me laugh.

Shooting their shots

Bonus of our twins looking somber like the Haunted Mansion twins.

On Mother’s Day, we planned to go to Busch Gardens, something I have been talking about for years (usually Luke has baseball). We can go to Busch Gardens anytime, but I have noticed that on Mother’s Day, crowds are low and it’s something I have wanted to do. I was pretty excited it was finally happening. Unfortunately, Thomas was sick. I didn’t really want to go without him, so Anna, Kara, Luke and I attempted Epcot. Unfortunately, some rides were down and our plans were thwarted and I was kind of cranky about the whole thing, so we didn’t stay long.

 

Kara got her wisdom teeth out on Thursday, May 15^th. She was much quieter than Anna. The only comment she made was about how quick it was, which is very similar to what she noted when she had her appendix removed. She was a little nauseous on the day of, but her pain level never got too high. She was also swollen right away, which was different from Anna; but her swelling was mostly gone by Monday and she was back to school. Timing was tricky, as she can't play lacrosse for a month. And, both Anna and Kara are going to be counselors-in-training (CIT) this summer at the Elks camp, so we needed to get it done before camp starts to not interfere with fall lacrosse. Fortunately, it is over and it went well.

Right after surgery.

Luke had another baseball tournament. He had his best game ever hitting and went 4-4, including another over-the-fence home run. Unfortunately, his team still lost. Their record this season is an abysmal 4-26. Most of the kids on his team are really good, there are a couple of weak links, but they aren’t really responsible. I am not sure what has made them so bad this year. Many of those games they’ve only lost by a couple of runs, so it’s not like they have been completely overmatched; I’m not saying they should dominate, but they aren’t so bad that you would expect them to lose as often as they do. In my opinion, losing begets losing and they are deep in that cycle (expecting to lose). There is one more tournament left in the season and then hopefully we can have a fresh start in the fall.

 

While Luke was playing his amazing game (and Kara was still recovering from surgery), Anna and I went to Epcot to redo the Mother’s Day fiasco. This time, no rides were down and we had an amazing visit. We rode Soarin’, Living with the Land, and then Guardians—where we got September as our song. We sat in the front row and it was amazing! Then, we walked around the World Showcase and got a couple of snacks and lunch. We did a Twinings tea garden tour in England and Anna bought a little tea box. They were offering free customization, so she had lilacs and her initials painted. I hope it something she keeps for a long time to remember our fun day.

 

Yesterday, Thomas, Anna, Luke and I had a fun night. We got take out from Huey Magoo’s and then went to the Drive Shack. We had a really good time. We played some Bejeweled game, which I dominated (99% luck). Thomas is the only one of us who actually knows how to play golf, but the rest of us did okay. Luke and Anna loved it and both want to go back soon. Jack and Kara were off with friends or I am sure they would have joined.