Another summer comes and goes too fast
So once again I have woefully failed to keep up on this journal. Alas. But, I return (however briefly?) to LJ with a big update, because we had a pretty big summer!
(Okay, the summer isn't technically over yet, but it sure kinda feels like it because this is the last full week. School starts up again next Wednesday.)
We had a shortened summer this year, because of the ridiculous winter weather that plagued our area this past Jan thru March. We had so many snow days to make up for that the school year had to be extended all the way to the very end of June. (One school in our town actually had to have a couple of school days on Saturdays, because they had a partial roof collapse due to snow buildup and lost extra days.) So, the last day of June was the last day of school. And because Labor Day is extra late on the calendar this year, the school committee decided to start school before Labor Day (for the first time in as long as I've been paying attention to the Somerville school calendar) which makes it feel like an earlier-than-usual start. So, there were only eight full weeks of summer vacation (plus one half-week at the beginning and one half-week at the end, i.e. next week) which really feels awfully short.
Isaac went away to sleepaway camp in Maine for two of those weeks, which was a pretty big deal -- his first time away for that long. Ruthie spent one of those weeks sleeping at sandykidd's house and going to horseback riding camp with cousin Baz, so I had almost a whole week to myself (a workweek, alas, but I still enjoyed the quiet mornings and evenings). Isaac had a great time at camp. Several of his good friends were there, which definitely helped with the comfort factor, and he didn't hesitate at all in saying he wants to go again next year. Score! And Ruthie really enjoyed horse camp, but fortunately, did not come back home begging me to sign her up for regular horseback riding lessons...phew ;)
Anyway, after Isaac came back, both kids had a week of nothing scheduled (we cobbled together a combination of things for them to do while I was at work for that week) and then a week of day camp, and then we all set off on the biggest adventure yet -- a three-week family road trip! It was pretty insane. I shall have to do a separate post about it, so stay tuned. :)
(Okay, the summer isn't technically over yet, but it sure kinda feels like it because this is the last full week. School starts up again next Wednesday.)
We had a shortened summer this year, because of the ridiculous winter weather that plagued our area this past Jan thru March. We had so many snow days to make up for that the school year had to be extended all the way to the very end of June. (One school in our town actually had to have a couple of school days on Saturdays, because they had a partial roof collapse due to snow buildup and lost extra days.) So, the last day of June was the last day of school. And because Labor Day is extra late on the calendar this year, the school committee decided to start school before Labor Day (for the first time in as long as I've been paying attention to the Somerville school calendar) which makes it feel like an earlier-than-usual start. So, there were only eight full weeks of summer vacation (plus one half-week at the beginning and one half-week at the end, i.e. next week) which really feels awfully short.
Isaac went away to sleepaway camp in Maine for two of those weeks, which was a pretty big deal -- his first time away for that long. Ruthie spent one of those weeks sleeping at sandykidd's house and going to horseback riding camp with cousin Baz, so I had almost a whole week to myself (a workweek, alas, but I still enjoyed the quiet mornings and evenings). Isaac had a great time at camp. Several of his good friends were there, which definitely helped with the comfort factor, and he didn't hesitate at all in saying he wants to go again next year. Score! And Ruthie really enjoyed horse camp, but fortunately, did not come back home begging me to sign her up for regular horseback riding lessons...phew ;)
Anyway, after Isaac came back, both kids had a week of nothing scheduled (we cobbled together a combination of things for them to do while I was at work for that week) and then a week of day camp, and then we all set off on the biggest adventure yet -- a three-week family road trip! It was pretty insane. I shall have to do a separate post about it, so stay tuned. :)