As is customary at schools across the nation, I feel as though it is only fitting now that the first day of school has come and gone to write my yearly essay, "HOW WE SPENT OUT SUMMER VACATION."
In a word- swimming. I would say on average we swam about 5 days a week. Usually for 1-2.5 hours. We would go to Aunt Clare's pool sometime, but we could usually be found at Jimmy Floyd Center. Mary now goes of the high dive solo...and Jack usually climbs up on the diving board, before changing his mind. He hasn't actually jumped off the board yet. Swimming was fun for the first 6 weeks or so, but now I am sick of it! My powder white kids are all rocking a little tan. Compared only to their starting point, most kids are naturally more tan than they are right now.
Here is a quick run down of each kids summer.
Mary- Already mentioned the high dive. She was in another play "Free to be You and Me." I thought the play was a bit of a stinker. But she worked with some great people and had so much fun. It was her first musical and she loved the singing and dancing. She also met some really great people.
Mary loved the month that her cousin Caleb came to stay with us. It was the best they have ever gotten along. And Mary says, "Caleb was here so long, sometimes I still feel like he is here with me!"
Mary started school today. She liked it. That's about all I can say because she did not really want to talk much about it. She is bummed that Gracie and Lily are not in her class, but she has 3 kids that were in her Kindergarten class last year, and she likes them all. She is riding the bus which is a blessing and a curse. I love not having to get in the carpool line, but I don;t love that she rides the bus with junior high kids.
Jack- Oh Jackie! Jack has made some tremendous strides with his speech over the summer. And now there are seldom times where I can;t understand what he is saying. He got into the district Pre-K program, and will start next week. Mary has always been so independent, so it has never really been hard to drop her off at MDO or school, but Jack is a different story. Jack has always been so dependent that he attempted a MDO out one year, but didn't last through the semester. He is excited about going, which is great. But I think it will be harder to drop him off. He said in the car, "I can't wait to meet my new friends, and neither can my backpack. He wants to be friends with an orange backpack." Here's to hoping that a classmate has an orange backpack!
Jack also played baseball this summer. He was on the Phillies with Mary. This too can be summed up with one word- disaster! Jack was too young to play, and it showed. He spent most of the time on the field playing in the dirt, and it wasn't until the end of the year that he started running when he hit the ball. The best part was when Caleb was in town, we put him in charge of Jack. He spent an entire inning chasing Jack around the outfield. Finally- Jack was not a nuisance to himself or other!
Grace- Grace was my little sidekick all summer. Too young to play baseball or be in plays, she is always by my side cheering Jack and Mary on. She has developed quite the attitude, and her habit of crossing her arms and grunting "humpf" is now affectionately termed the Gracie. Her hair finally fits in pig tails, and she loves brushing it as well as mine and Mary's hair. She wants a Tangled themed birthday (in October). Grace starts a MDO program in a few weeks.
All in all a fun, uneventful summer!
