SV # 4

A quiet day at the home front. I had a bunch of tasks to do so I was in and out all day (interview.buy cell phone, etc). Rachel came home at lunch time from her sleepover (great time!) at Meaghan's. The kids played outside, played on the computer, had a game of Payday etc etc.

This evening the kids stayed outside till 11pm. I built a small fire which they maintained inbetween their games of badmington. I think they finally hit the sack at 11:45pm.

SV# 3 ....Busy Day

Finally, a nice hot day. So what did we decide to do? Hey, lets put up an outdoor bug tent. Of what fun that turned out to be. It took 6 hours, three visits to Zeller's to see how they built theirs, and a nice little sunburn was the end result. Actually, I think the tent looks ok; the mosquito netting is for a different model but they were sold out of the one for this model so the the colours are a little off. Now we need furniture to go in it.

Rachel is gone to Meaghan's camp for a sleepover and it was way too hot to cook supper so went to Pizza Hut for supper followed by a walk uptown.

Summer Vacation - Day 2

We had a busy day today. Let's see, what went on. Chores were completed first thing in the am, then we out to Zeller's to look for a new bicylce for Jacob. He is at the ackward size of being too big for a 24 inch tire and too short for a 26 inch. We tried a few out but decided to shop around before making the purchase. We did buy a couple of kites which we should be able to use as it always seems windy in the west end of the city.

Then we went to the library and the kids picked up french and english books to read. The deal this summer is a penny a page, two cents for each french page. The kids need to work on their writing skills over the summer so I may figure out some way for them to write a small book report or something. It will be easy for Rachel but like pullimg teeth for Jacob and Erica.

After supper we actually managed to "fly" the kites, which I was never able to do when I was a child. Rachel's kite was too heavy and only took when we took it the beach and let the Bay of Fundy winds take it up to the sky.

First Day of Summer Vacation

Ahh, summer holidays, where the kids spent half of the day whining that they are bored! Nicole has developed a list of chores which should help them through their boredom issues.

I worked last night but was not able to sleep much this morning, I was up at 10am. But, I did do a lot of housework so at least my first day off was not a waste of time.

After supper we played a game of croquet and then went for a walk. Funny, somehow we always end up going for a walk in the direction of the local ice cream stand. Just as the Pumpkin Patch came into view Erica asked if I had any money - I should have said no and watched her expression!

Last Day of School

Schools out for Summer! They all had excellent report cards with no issues. Very well done!

The kids cam home at lunch and we met Nicole at Pizza Delight. Rachel and Erica have been driving up nuts about getting a pet, so we compromised and I bought them SIMS with Pets for the Wii. They were not too excited then, but they seem to be enjoying their new game. Jacob received Wario Ware which looks like a lot of fun.