Monday, June 27, 2005
Hunter finished Kindergarten on Thursday and we've had a bunch of fun ever since. I never thought I'd love having my kids home from school--I remember my mom saying every summer, "I can't wait until school starts again." But, I absolutely love having Hunter home. There's something about not having to get him to school every day that makes my day seem so much simpler. We sleep in until 8:00, get Mark to the train, eat breakfast and hang out together all day. We don't have to get dressed. We don't have to go anywhere. We don't have to do anything. It's wonderful.
Anyway, so far this summer we've celebrated Hunter's graduation and excellent report card by spending an evening at the McDonald's playplace (Hunter's choice.) We visited the Lake and spent four hours there, soaking in the sun and sand. Grandma and Grandpa Henrichsen came to visit and we spent an evening with them catching fireflies and chatting. We took G&G to the beach and buried the kids in the sand and had a blast. Then, they took us to dinner and we treated them to the best fireworks show in CT at Trumbull Days. After church on Sunday I had the pleasure of a nap and then we visited the school park where the kids rode their bikes and Hunter played Bocce Ball and learned some of the "Laws of Childhood" (like every kid has to fall off their bike at least 25 times and skin their knee at least once before they grow up.) Today we visited the library and Hunter and Noah got their own library cards and we checked out a stack of movies and an even bigger stack of books to get Hunter started on his summer reading list. Then I spent two hours trying to help Hunter build a robot out of his KNEX and no, it's still not finished! He makes it look so simple! In desperate need of a break from the KNEX, Hunter and I made our "Summer Goals" lists and now I just hope we can cram it all in. Looks like a pretty busy summer up ahead. . .busy but fun.
 
  
 
posted by Shana # 1:21 PM 
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