Strawberries and bball

Peter has been doing well at BB camp. He is already talking about next year! I guess we are going to have to look for a hoop for the yard. Below are the 1-3rd graders. Maybe someone will be the next Kobe Bryant, without all of the media drama. (Peter in on the bottom left, about 5 kids in). In the beginning of camp, Peter was the only one with a mohawk, each day there would be a few more. I think Peter felt pretty cool and I would have to say, his was the the longest. Thursday was strawberry picking. Since we are headed on vacation soon we only picked a couple pounds. The kids probably ate more in the fields. We went with our friends Gracey, Joey and Lucy (and Miss Katie). Poor Miss Katie, Little Lucy (1yo) was having some seperation issues. And by seperation i mean Miss Katie was a whole 1 foot away. Good think I had 4 great helpers, we picked enough for both families! Say "STRAWBERRIES!" No one lost keys, got sun burned or ate too many berries and had an emergency bathroom break so I think it was a good trip. (but maybe next time Lucy might stay home, at least until she is 3). The boys' teachers sent home loads of things to over the summer. So summer homework it is! (i can hear the nation-wide moan from all the older kids). The boys have been loving the writing and math activities. Jamison actually got mad at me demanding more math homework! They really look forward to their daily journal entries (thank goodness i have a list of topics. Idont think i could think of that many topics for the whole summer). We also spend at least 30 minutes a day with me (and not their pesky brother) to read. They are doing a pretty good job! I think they really like the one-on-one time without their brother more than the reading, but if get them reading it is a win win for everyone.

One new rule for this house, boys are required to have a 45 min quiet/rest time. If successfully completed (meaning no talking or fighting with their brother) then they can go to bed at summer time hours. If they are sleeping, i let them sleep. If rules are broken, school bedtime. So far this week, 4/5 days they slept from 2-3 hours. When they are not sleeping, they are eating or asking to eat. I have a feeling that they are growing!

One week into summer vacation and it has gone great! 9more to go.

(not sure if I like the new look. we will see)