Now leaving grades one and four. Yikes. Where did all the time go? Fighting over homework most likely. Ha. Now we turn our eyes towards summer time, and having a bit of fun while the weather is nice. We have all ready begun the evening swim portion of the summer, and before too much longer we will be adding a midday swim, park/farm run, weeding the gardens, and collecting rototiller killing rocks from the farm fields. I’d like to add in some daily reading, and math, and the occasional written sentence/paragraph into the mix. A boy can dream.
We have a picnic scheduled at the largest park in town with many other families from the school, so that’s a really nice way to kick off the start of summer break. I’m not certain of what our schedule is for the break. I know the girls have swimming lessons in August, and we have a family photo shoot in mid July, and some plans to visit Ottawa for a comedy festival (potentially). Otherwise I will be looking for activities, and experiences for the kids to try this summer. I plan to purchase fewer physical things, and do more experiences to make memories.
Otherwise it is Thursday June 27th, 2024. The last ninety minutes of the school year are counting down. All of the kids homework came home yesterday, we just need indoor shoes, and backpacks, and lunch boxes, and the water bottles which have seen better days. I’ll need to sort & clean all of that prior to putting them away for nine weeks. You never know what alien puddle will grow if you forget to search & clean the lunch boxes before storing them away. Though, I suppose if your kids do day camps and such, you would continue to use those items and not get left with a foul smelling surprise over the labour day long weekend.
Usually the kids are home with us 24/7 for the summer holidays. My wife is a teacher, and is off too. I work from home, and I’m not all that busy this year. Last year was the fluke. So busy. But if we need to we can put them in camp for the last week of August when my wife returns to work for the first time in 14 months. They’re ok at home with me, but if it’s been a tough 8 weeks prior, you can bet your sweet caboose that we will mull over a last single week at camp for the two of them. I’d rather spend that on an iFly excursion, or a movie date, or laser tag, or go karts, or day glow mini putt in an air conditioned building. We have the Zoo and Wonderland near by, a pool, a farm, grandmas house, bike riding paths, a hockey net, basket balls, volley balls, cones, swings, a slack line, and various local parks. Not to mention books and grade school curriculum work sheets. Crafting supplies out the wazoo. We should be able to keep things moving.
That’s all folks. Have a Safe and Happy summer. May we all make it back together in September.
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