Summer is upon us and we're trying to make the most of it. We've been grilling out a lot. Here is a recent grill meal, teriyaki chicken and grilled pineapple. Easy and great for summer. Here are a few pics from our recent summer activities.
Matthew just finished a week of cup camp. It's mandatory here that parents volunteer two full days per camper. So I was with the boys two days. We had seven boys in our den. They are Webelos so were a little more mature/better behaved than some of the younger boys. They had a child watch place for my other kids to play while I helped the scouts. Here's Matthew at the BB gun range. The boys had a lot of fun shooting.
At the STEM station, exploding some bags with a baking soda and vinegar mixture.
Matthew with some of his den getting ready for their skit.
And at the archery range. The camp was held at a private school in a neighboring town. I thought it would have been more fun in the mountains but it worked out.
More archery
Matthew tying knots.
They had to wear the same shirt all week. It was getting pretty stiff by the week's end.
On the last day they gave out a few awards and then went swimming at a local pool...for 4 1/2 hours! I like the pool but don't usually spend 4 1/2 hours there so I had to psych myself up for this. Five kids at the pool for four and a half hours. We lathered up with sunscreen. Here's Grant waiting to go in. It was in the 90s that day so it was nice being at the pool.
All my kids were excited to swim.
We survived the long afternoon at the pool. It wasn't so bad but I missed a few places with the sunscreen on my back (must have Anna help me next time...she's always offering) and I realized I needed to bring more snacks. Lessons learned for next time.
Grant was very excited this past week because he had a very wiggly tooth. His first one.
And soon enough he lost it! He was disappointed that the tooth fairy didn't come the first day (have I told you about our forgetful tooth fairy?) but he did get a visit from the tooth fairy the next day, so all was well. The tooth fairy in our house is like Amazon prime - comes in two days. (Forehead slap)
We got out the slip and slide and an old wading pool that we had from Illinois. It took me a long time to clean the old pool, but eventually it was clean enough to use.
The kids found a grasshopper and Grant begged to keep it as a pet. We made him let it go.
Here are the kids checking out their captive grasshopper.
We celebrated Scott on Father's Day. Here is John asleep on him. Such a nice place to fall asleep.
All the kids giving Scott a hug. It's hard to spot all five kid heads in there.
A little bit better Father's Day picture on the front step.
Scott is such a great dad!
And swimming lessons!! The kids had swimming lessons at the local high school last week and part of this week. Last week they had to miss a day because of an accident in the pool and the decontamination that followed. This week we got one day of swim lessons before another accident occurred. And today we got a call that they are just cancelling the rest of the lessons. So we only got 4 out of 8 days of swim lessons. :( The good news is they are refunding our money for all the lessons. And we're going to use that to get a pool pass for a fun aquatic center at the other high school in town, which, as far as we know has not been closed for decontamination recently. Fingers crossed.
Even though we didn't get a full swim lesson session, I think the kids learned something. John wouldn't even get in the water the first day, but the second day he got right in. And Matthew and Anna have improved on their different swim strokes I think. More summer adventures to come.
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