Summer Almost Over

It's been a busy few weeks since we came back from our vacation and Collin came back from camp. In the mornings, Collin at attends a football skills clinic 9 AM through 1PM focusing specifically for his position which was Safety last year. He then comes home to rest for a few minutes before heading to our neighbor's house to do school for about an hour to an hour and a half. She homeschools her girls so she said it was fine to add Collin and he actually does sit and do schoolwork with her so we thought that was awesome. Then, several days a week in the evenings, he goes to football speed work clinic from 6 PM until 7:45 PM.  As you can imagine, he is a pretty tired boy when he finally gets home for the evening. He and I head back to his room to read through a book for about 20 minutes before he goes to bed. We both enjoy this quality time together to talk about our day and what might be on his mind.  He said he's not ready for school because there's no need to hurry up and see his friends since he sees his friends that he wants to see right now during the summer. We do know based on his work with our neighbor that he is still struggling with reading and reading comprehension. We are likely going to have a tutor work with him during the school year so he will not get further behind. 

Next week is much of the same before or start August 21st. But by then, our 9 year-old will be 10 years old and going into fourth grade. Hard to believe that he is starting his double digit years!