All of the kids are on summer vacation now, which means that while my progress on course planning and house projects has slowed considerably, we are having fun doing lots of other things. Mariel's last day of first grade was on Thursday, and she is already quick to remind everyone that she is now a SECOND grader, and a BROWNIE (in Girl Scouts). Of course her siblings would not let her pose for a picture on her own:
With just the little ones at home before Thursday, I had all sorts of ambitious plans of things to do with "only" two kids to deal with (its funny how that works). One of those was an extended bike ride; while they actually were having fun at the time the photo reveals that perhaps the trailer is running out of space. The more I look at it, the more they look like angry caged animals.
As promised, aside from the photo above they did seem to be enjoying themselves that day- we stopped for a trip to Grant's Farm with its zoo and tram ride and all sorts of fun.
This weekend I took them to their first Renaissance Faire. Mariel had declared that the ad in the paper looked "BORING" but upon arriving she decided it might not be so bad. By the time we left, she is pretty sure that she will be working there as soon as she is old enough. One of the first things that we saw was the fire juggler; Holden may also have some future plans in mind. He spent quite a bit of time after the show waiting and asking for "more fire?"
They enjoyed some other shows as well- it was sort of amazing to see them all sitting happily- and it was even raining on us!
Of course the girls hit the dress up area for some "real" princess attire. The prince was more interested in the musical instruments and the worker's dog.
And soon we will be off on our next adventure... I just hope that I can keep up!
