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As a family we plan to:

• go on some trail hikes
• visit the lake regularly and see relatives,
• celebrate birthdays (3 of those this June)
• read,
• play video games
• do the normal scheduled things like therapy and music (choir and violin)
• visit the library
• play or work outside near our log home in the Sierras
• We want to go to the craft fair and the homeschool campout, and there is the weekly homeschool Stations of the Cross
• Liam and Clare want to try out some new recipes
• The kids are working on an elaborate movie

Kevin (dad)

• spend more time relaxing than he has in the past couple of years
• weight train and run with the teen boys
• work on the house maintenance or repair projects
• read his Roman history
• make progress on his next game now that the old one is essentially finalled.

I want to:

• work on Latin and Greek while Liam is here
• be involved with the kids’ interests
• write a story with Liam
• have discussions
• plant a garden
• do some work on the yard and garage
• get in better shape, choose healthier food
• do a major declutter and find things to “strew” that are presently buried in closets.

Liam

• write a story
• work on his classical guitar playing
• program a game
• work for his dad

Brendan

• work on his new book,
• learn more about politics
• build a facsimile ship

Clare

• finish her book
• go on exercise expeditions with Kieron
• do some nature study
• visit friends in Northern California
• do some sewing.
• read through the Jack Aubrey series

Sean

• play football
• continue weight training

Kieron

• work on his nature journal
• exercise with Clare
• get a pet
• finish off the baseball season
• play football

Aidan

• go outside with his “purple stroller”
• go to lots of different places.
• continue trying to decode

Paddy

• who knows what lurks in the mind of a 3.5 year old?

I intend to look back at this in August and see what we actually got to! Usually it’s about 70% of what we had planned. But this year we have a LOT so maybe 60% is more reasonable.