Summers here!!

So summer is officially here. The temperatures make it warm enough to go swimming, even in the lake. The boys are now in summer session at school and Andrew is preparing for Kindergarten in september. They both had their year end picnics at school. Andrew was excited to put on his show for all of us and matthew showed a little bit of SHY!! Check out their videos on www.youtube.com/thefavilles
I also uploaded a video of the boy's experience with a large fish that their pop pop caught while we were camping 4th of July weekend. They had a great time camping and wanted to stay longer. We plan on trying to make another camping trip before the summer is over. The boys are also enjoying their small pool that we set up for them. It's only about 3 feet deep but it's perfect for them to swim around in and they don't need their water wings for it. The water stays filtered and clean. So no more emptying those little kiddie pools. Hopefully next year we can afford to put a real pool in... as long as we can afford to pay for fuel to stay warm this winter.. that's a whole other problem.
As far as everything else, Andrew is doing well and started with his new speech, PT and OT for the summer. No more aide, so we'll see how that works out and no more SEIT for the summer. We're sad to see all of these changes happening, but it's somethign that we have to accept and know that he will be just fine. It's just so worrying to see him have those setbacks everytime there is a change.
Matthew is doing great... still a little wild man, but doing great. He's learned how to throw a HUGE tantrum, with kicking and screaming and throwing things. They are short lived and easily diffused, but, wow, when he explodes, he explodes. It's usually when he is really tired and hungry at the same time... like when I pick them up from school and before dinner.
The boys have been really into the "Bridge to Tirbithia" movie and have been acting out the scenes in the empty wooded lot next door to our house. They swing from the grape vines and climb up the trees. It's so cute. While camping, they were ammused for hours with a rope hanging in the woods, acting out the movie scenes. They have really begun to use their imaginations just like they do in the movie. It's very cute.
So, more photos have been uploaded to picasa web albums and hopefully some time this week I can post them.