Well the seasons are changing. I can tell by all the football games, the Duck t-shirts all over today for game day and school and work starting. We had a wonderful summer. I am sad for it to end. I will end it by looking back on all the wonderful memories.
Here are some highlights:
-ballet camp for Abigail- the camp focused on signing and dancing at the same time. She put on an incredible show the last day of camp. We are so proud. She is still listening to all the songs and doing her performance. Andrew knows them all by heart too.
-Amazon pool- the kids did 4 weeks of swim lessons. I got to swim laps since they both are 3 and up now and do the classes without me. I loved swimming again and the kids made a lot of progress in swimming. Abigail now knows all her strokes- she learned butterfly and back stroke in her class. Andrew now does the big kid class, goes underwater and blows bubbles. They both love the slide now and they fell in love with their swim teachers. Some days we were there 11-5pm! We had a blast. they loved the afternoonm swim going in the big pool and dancing to the music they play in the afternoon. I love going with them there because it reminds me of my childhood summers spend at Paradise Manor in River RIdge doing swim team, getting cheese sticks from the snack bar and going swimming at night with my dad, siblings and cousins enjoying the radio music they played. I remember being there at dark- you can swim at night without getting cold in Louisiana:) Here are my little swimmers:
-camping trips– the kids love camping! At the end of one of our trips Abigail announced she wished we were staying another week
-our garden plot- the kids are really into it this year. They really take ownership this year picking out their own plants to grow. Andrew grew a huge sunflower that he started at school. Abigail’s bean plant from school grew very tall. They love picking all the vegetables whenever we go.
Abigail with her morning glories and bean plant
-lazy days to do with what we like- on Andrew’s birthday he got to pick what he wanted to do and he picked biking. I loved being able to just do what we wanted with no schedule to follow
-beautiful weather- this year was a true Oregon summer . We haven’t seen rain since June. It has been a lot of sunny days great for the pool . It has been just gorgeous- a perfect Oregon summer. We even had a week of weather in the 90s. I loved it!
-visits with old friends and family- i had two teacher friends come visit from Beaverton and Salem. It was fun to see old friends and catch up. My grandfather has been here visiting , my brother Ben came a few times and two of my siblings have moved home. It’s been great spending time with everyone.
We spent our last day of summer at the park the three of us. I can actually sit and read on a blanket while they play now:) (only for a bit at a time but it’s nice). We spent a leisure morning at home and then went to the park last minute and canceled our other plans. It was nice to have an empty lazy day to do with what we wanted. I loved watching them run and scream with joy in the sprinkler . Such little things bring such joy to children.