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A Farmington mother of 5, all five and under, plans for her children's spring, summer and beyond.

So, we are getting ready for summer in terms of camps, vacations, sort of mapping out the warmer lands of June 7th through September 5th, or 6th, or whenever they have to be at school again, all five of them — this year.

My neighbor, who I adore, may send her son to the Toddler Room at the (FVAM) with our baby, Clea-Noelle next year. I am hoping…

It’s also spring and sports schedules are rotating for our nearly six-year-old twin boys. They lose indoor soccer this week at FSA. They have four more weeks of power skating. Then that goes by the wayside, and we are left through the beginning of June with: Riding, After Art with Ms. Beth at their school, and Tennis, which we do on a week-to-week basis with an amazing tennis player who works with Fotis who really coaches the boys as a favor to us and to them. 

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What do our middle twins, Christaine and Constantine (C&C) have going on this spring? Ballet, today and throughout. Nothing for Constantine really till the fall, when they will be nearly 4 and can both start horse riding lessons at Folly Farm. And both do soccer at FSA, in the age 4-5 Mini-Kickers group that the boys are now exiting to return next fall as Hot Shots (6-8).

C&C have grown so much since Christmas. Christiane so tall and long and just a beautiful little lady in our midst. Constantine is growing to be a handsome, perfect boy. They smile all the time. They have a delightful ball together. Before bed last night, after books and talking and hugging, they started to show me — about the rug in their room — how one figure skates. They’ve started going to ISCC when their brothers do power skating, renting skates and pushing those granny walkers across the ice, to get started. But they’ve also caught glimpses of the girls and boys doing axels and double axels and the camel position. Leaping and zipping and lacing back and forth gracefully across the ice. They’ve been inspired.

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I told Christiane that if she wants to be a good figure skater, ballet will help her, so today she is more eager for ballet than usual. Which is normally, to be honest, Let’s eat some cheese sticks and not.

The baby will continue with Music Time with Miss Carrie. And I know that some time in the water would be ideal. I hear there’s a learn to swim program through Miss Porter’s, but have yet to locate it. (If anyone knows, please pass on the information!)

This summer it looks like we'll go to Greece, where my husband Fotis is from, for two weeks with everyone. Fotis skis the first week in their waterskiing nationals and then we are all together the second week there. This is good in that I get a week of only the kids, setting them up, being at the water with them, and then I can try be social on top of that once Fotis joins in.

Camps: Renbrook Summer Adventure for 3 weeks for the boys, plus some camp time at TLGT, plus lots of time at the pond here waterskiing with Fotis. C&C go to a camp at their school for 4 weeks, then Greece, then some TLGT camps in August as well. Plus, ballet starts again in August!

The baby, Music Time, water time. In-my-arms time, before that day arrives when I take only her for her first moments in her new classroom, to meet her teachers: Ms. Debbie, Ms. Patty and Ms. Carolyn. To sniff out the atmosphere, to play a bit, before leaping out from my arms, and diving in. Away.

What about you? How are your children taking advantage of all that's offered in our area? And what programs have you been pleased with and why? Post a comment under this blog post!

Jennifer Dulos also blogs at www.fivemakesseven.com.

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