The U.P. is beginning to feel different. There are people starting to arrive at camp and I'm noticing more IL plates while driving around town...both signs that summer is coming!!! Hagerman is a lake once again and we've started seeing rain instead of snow. This morning the sun is shining through my windows!

Yesterday, I babysat Laurel and then headed out to camp to be a big buddy for their Rockin Robin's nature program. My little buddy is the cutest first grader ever! She just loved running around the woods on our nature hunt and we planted sunflowers (She also let me take one home!). It's such an enjoyable experience since Jane didn't have to put me with a child who has behavioral issues!

I have 4 more days of school and then I am done! I'm looking forward to the change of pace that summer will bring, but I've really had an awesome year with a job that I love. I'll be excited to see my kiddos as BIG kindergartens in the fall!

I'm excited for this week to be over for many reasons:
-the close of the school year
-life will be a little less crazy
-I will have finished Wilderness First Aid
-I can start really dreaming and planning for my summer on the waterfront
-Paul comes home from Fort McCoy
-I will get my camera back from being cleaned