Week in Review: Medical Update, Moon Landings, and Marinara is not a Type of Pasta

Happy first Friday in June!  

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Let me start with an update about Phil's blood clots.  He followed up with his doctor, who also thinks it's weird that this happened to him.  He wants Phil to see a hematologist and get blood work done to figure out if he has a genetic condition, but I think he needs to wait until he's off the blood thinners to do some of the testing.  He recommended that Phil wear compression socks, then pulled up his own pant leg to show him his.  I guess lots of people who work on their feet wear them every day, so Phil will be joining them!  Otherwise, his leg is still very sore and swollen and he walks with a limp.  These things just take time to go away.

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In Second Grade, the kids have a Wax Museum where they dress up as someone famous, create a poster in class, and memorize a speech to recite as people push their button.  Declan chose to be Neil Armstrong, and practiced his speech a lot to be able to memorize minute details of his life.  He did a wonderful job and if anyone's looking for an astronaut costume, this one was great!  I'm still not convinced we really landed on the moon at all, but that's a conspiracy theory for another day :)

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We have a new nephew!  Phil's sister Diana had her third baby, a little boy named Tony. Well actually he wasn't little at all, weighing in at 10 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long.  Wow!  He is our kids' 34th first cousin.

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Lots of 8th Grade events are going on and coming up for our Maggie Rose.  First up was the last walk through the school hallways.  My sister is the nurse there and sent me these photos:

Next up was the Appreciation Dinner for parents and teachers, planned and served by the eighth graders.  We are still trying to figure out the marinara pasta option ;)

Maggie is the Class President and definitely stressed over the details (wonder where she gets that from?!) but it all turned out beautifully.  Each student made a hand painted tile to give to their parents as a favor, and then performed a cute "dance".

Last night, we got the announcement of the Valedictorian and Salutatorian, and we are so proud of our hard-working girl!

My friend Laura's son was named salutatorian, and she sent me this collage of Maggie and Robby as toddlers next to their 8th grade photos...time flies!

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I filled up my minivan :(

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But then came home to find this cutie had left me a message :)

Dear Mom, I left a note on your bedroom door

Dear Mom, I left you a card on your bed

To Mom I *heart* U
Brendan
I love you

I'm not saying he's my favorite child, but the other kids certainly need to step up to even be considered at this point ;)

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Coming up...

June 4th - Maggie's Baccalaureate and Graduation

June 7th - Eamon's Confirmation

June 8th - Declan's adenoid removal surgery

June 10th - Brendan's Kindergarten Graduation

Turns out June is starting off just as busy as May was, but I'm thankful to be here for all of it. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!