June 2008

The biggest thing that happened to our family in June 2008 was that SCHOOL LET OUT FOR SUMMER!!!!!  No more reports, projects, reading logs, homework, or studying.  No more 6:45 am alarm, no more grind!  Ethan ROCKED his grades this year, getting straight A's for the semester.  Yay smarty pants!  First thing on the summer agenda?  

TAKE IT EASY!!!!!

For 2 weeks, all we did was sleep in, eat, play video games, swim, watch cartoons, and play together.  We took Ethan off of his ADHD medicine since it restricts his appetite and he really needed to put on some weight.  We completely decompressed, and it was awesome!  It charged the kids' batteries for their fun times this summer.  There's something to be said for just "drifting" every once in a while!

The first big thing they did was to attend a Messy Fun Summer Camp at the home of a member of Allen 4th Ward.  Monday through Friday from 9 am to noon one week out of each month of June, July, and August, the kids went to the Thomson's home to do all sorts of fun, messy, incredible activities.  They put on a play, made costumes, clay sculptures, presents for Father's Day, painted, glued, cooked, jumped on the trampoline, played tag and hide and seek, and had entire days devoted to getting soaking wet with water games.  They came home completely filthy and absolutely exhausted every day, and they loved every minute of it.  Even if they had charged double the tuition for registration, it would have been completely worth it.

Then Ethan got to attend his second Cub Scout Twilight Camp.  They went to Erwin Park in McKinney from 4:30 to about 9:00 pm every day for a week.  It was very hot & humid, but they all wore hats, drank lots of water, and tried to find shade wherever they could.  Ethan got to bond with his friends, shoot BB guns and arrows, build stuff, and be a really good Cub Scout.  He loved it!