Summer 2010

There are so many things that we have planned this summer, but really its the day to day stuff that I love about summer. Being able to spend a lot of time outside and cooking dinner on the grill so cleaning up is so easy and staying up late with the sun still shinning. Zach has a big box full of sidewalk chalk and I have to say this has been one of my favorite things to do this summer because it is fun, outside and can be educational. We write out words and he sounds them out, work on shapes, numbers, and I occasionally try and draw a picture of an animal or something. Sometimes Zach can even recognize what I am trying to draw :-) Also, the sandbox Zach got for his birthday has been so much fun. The kids bake pies, and build sand castles, and find the lost dinosaur bones together so well. I can get the dishes done and read a few pages of a book and they just have a ball. The other great thing about summer is park lunch. Its a government sponsored program where kids that are 1-18 get free bagged lunch served at the city park. Zach gets a healthy lunch including chocolate milk and a chance to play with kids on the playground. This is especially nice when Kimi isn't home and he is depending on me for entertainment all day. Zach is a big boy this summer and does almost everything there is to do at the playground with no help form me.

Eating Park lunch

Sidewalk chalk

Chalk bum

In the sand box