End of Summer

Today begins our last full week of summer vacation.  It is a grey and rainy day.  So far the boys have watched a couple of programs - Caillou and Mystery Hunters.  They have run around with flashlights and Robert is currently "going upside down" while Harry eats his breakfast (he's always needed an hour or so before breakfast which makes school days so much fun).

I think we'll go over to a little aquarium across the bridge this morning and maybe Harry and I will settle into a movie during naptime.  We'll also run a couple of errands.  I am trying to keep the house stuff to a minimum and the fun stuff on the forefront this last week of school, though.

As usual the summer has gone by quicker than I thought it would.  Harry's early camps were fun for him and I think they helped us ease into the laziness of summer.  The 3 week trip was fun.  I wasn't as frantic to organize, but we still seemed to have plenty of what we needed from home and plenty of things to do in the car.  Books on tape are our favorite thing.  This trip we listened to Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  We are going to listen to the rest of the Narnia series to and from activities this fall.  I love that Harry loves to read and loves to hear books read to him.  Even Robert seemed to put up with it mostly.  His favorite music for the ride was a tie between "Pwincess and the Frog" and "Big Red Car" by the Wiggles.  We sort of alternated.  The compromise music at the moment is Star Wars which works for me.  I dream about the music from the Princess and the Frog even now - especially when it is a night I am having trouble sleeping.

We spent and I am glad that I just now figured this out and not along the way 46 hours in the car between all our trips during our three weeks.  We went from home to DC to then to Winston Salem, NC to Sanford, NC to Litchfield Beach SC to Rutherfordton NC to Lexington, VA to Greenbelt, MD to home.  We also had some day trips, but they didn't have driving over 1 1/2 hours one way so that doesn't count!  Boy the boys really were troopers.  Folks ask me how they did in serious tones and I can honestly say overall they were terrrific.  My car even survived okay.  The biggest clean up came this past week when Robert poured (not spilled - there was intent) a full cup of milk all over himself and his car seat.  That was fun to clean up...not.

Well so much more happened over vacation.  I'll probably put some more up here, but for now I wanted to at least get something written down.  Life is super busy while both boys are home, but we're doing well.  I will hopefully have more time to write again when school starts.