According to the calendar, summer has been here for a few weeks...but in our neck of the woods, summer has just begun. Anna and Noah's last day of school was last Tuesday, Kindra had half a day of school on Wednesday. Over the last couple of weeks, we've been finishing up all of our school year activities and slowly reclaiming all of our time for ourselves. It's been a nice break...but starting tomorrow our summer schedule takes effect and we'll be pretty busy again. The only difference is that this time we can skip whatever classes we want to, we can take our time, and we'll have a lot more free time to do whatever we want.
Noah and Anna start summer school tomorrow morning. It lasts until the middle of July, with the week of the 4th of July off. They will attend from 8-12, Monday through Thursday. They both attended last year, and had a good time. It's just enough to keep them from getting too bored with summer, and they focus on a lot of fun activities, and not so much on academics. We can also stay after school for a free lunch for any child 0-18 years old. And if I'm lucky, the kids leave enough food for me to get a free meal too, hahaha, that sounds really cheap doesn't it!?! While the younger children go to school, Kindra will be helping me out around the house. A couple of mornings each week she will watch Amaya so I can get some work done at the Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC), and run some errands. She and Amaya are truly like two peas in a pod, they love spending time together. It never fails, I'll leave Amaya home with Kindra, and when I get back she's painted Amaya's fingernails, styled her hair, and they are wearing matching outfits. It's really cute.
Like I've said before, Anna and Kindra are both going to camp for two weeks each this summer. Kindra leaves for her first week at camp next weekend. It's a Christian camp, called Fort Wilderness, and is only 20 minutes from our house. Next weekend we are also planning to take our camper out for the first time, at a campground in Minocqua, WI...which is about 30 minutes from Rhinelander. We thought with Father's Day on the 17th, and Pavan's birthday on the 18th, it would be a nice time to go camping. Kindra will be with us for Friday night, and then we'll take her to camp Saturday afternoon and spend Saturday night at the campground too.
We've also signed up for a few classes at the YMCA this summer. Noah will continue with his swimming classes, I will continue my step class, and Amaya is going to start a new class called Movin' and Groovin'. After the last session of swim classes, I found out that Noah had passed all the skills necessary to move to the next class. The problem? Well, the next class is for kids age 6 and up, and Noah's only 4 1/2. Wow, way to go Noah!! His instructor said she could ask for special permission to move him into the next class, but I told her not to worry about it. He loves the class he's in, he loves the instructor, and he gets to be around kids his own age. Maybe this winter, when he turns 5, I'll ask to have him put in the next level, if he's getting bored in the Seahorse class.
Gymnastics starts tomorrow, but only for a 6 week session. Anna will go one night each week for 2 hours, and Noah is signed up to go one night each week for 45 minutes. I think he'll have a lot of fun, and I know Anna is ready to get going again after having the last few weeks off.
Well, that's about all we've been up to. We look forward to seeing many of you this summer, and extend an open invitation for any of you to come visit us when you get a chance. We feel blessed to be living in such an amazing place, and feel honored that so many of you view our house as your own getaway!! You just can't beat sitting on our back porch, or down on the dock, listening to the wind rustling throughthe pine trees and the loons on the lake. It's amazing!
More later!
Rebecca
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