Summer

So it's been another 4 months since my last post. Christian and Connor both finished up school. Christian has graduated from his 3 years at preschool and is now headed to Kindergarten in September. Big changes headed his way. I am so excited for him, for the school that he got accepted at, for his teacher and classmates, I think it's all going to be a great experience and an atmosphere in which he'll thrive. He's ready to make the change. Connor too will be switching schools. This fall he'll be attending the same preschool that Christian went to. It will be a new set up for him, but he is already familiar with the building and some of the teachers and class rooms. He's a little shy, so I hope that he'll adjust quickly.

We've been having an amazing summer so far. It rained a ton in June, but the past few weeks have been pretty nice. The boys and I are on the Cape often, with Guy joining us some weekends, other weekends we go home. I found these wonderful swim lessons for C & C in Yarmouth. They each have a 1/2 hour lesson every weekday morning and they love their teachers. They are making lots of progress. Suddenly this weekend Christian turned into a fish, in our hot tub. He suddenly realized how much fun it can be to go under water and now a whole new world has opened up for him. If anything, he's a little frustrated that Connor won't fully dunk. I have to keep explaining to him that Connor is only 3, it might take him time, and that even last week he didn't want to go under willingly. However, Connor will put his face in the water and occasionally go under unintentionally. There is less fear in the little one, in most activities. Is it his personality or is it just a 2nd sibling thing?

Besides swimming, our days have been filled with mini-golfing, trampolines, ice cream, riding bikes on the street and on the bike trails, playing at the beach, taking our new blow up boat into the ocean and rowing around, shopping, water gun fights, t-ball, riding merry-go-rounds, taking walks & many....many other fun things. It already feels like the summer is flying by.

Today, back at home, Guy and I took the boys to Newton to go canoeing in the Charles River. What a blast. The kiddos loved it. It was hot and every so often we'd get splashed with the coolness of the river. I can't wait for our next trip.

When we finished up on the water, we headed to Boston and the kids ran thru the sprinklers at the Christian Science church. Christian said that the water was cold, so he wanted to move on. We grabbed lunch and then headed over to the Frog Pond. Aagghhh, memories. Where we got engaged. We love going there, esp. with the boys. They played in the park for a bit, then headed over to the water to frolic around. Even though it's only about a foot deep, we had to give Christian strict instructions NOT to go under! I'm sure he might have tried. It's the new thrill of his life.

After a family shopping trip to Kohls, Zac's favorite place on earth besides Aruba, we said goodbye to Guy and headed East again for the week.

Treasures:
*Perfect day all around - Home, Boston and Cape
*Great day on the water canoeing
*Watching Christian's expression each and every time he reappears from under the water
*Seeing Connor eat a bagel and have no concerns about having cream cheese all over his face and nose.