Just one month left until school starts again. I'm ready for Fall and the consistency it brings, but at the same time I'm handling this summer much better than I had expected to. It's been a busy one and I think that's the key.
Next week The Husband is taking a week's vacation and instead of going anywhere we plan on staying close to home and having fun here. We have two trips planned to visit Hershey Park one day and Knobles another. We haven't been to Knobles since E-Man was riding in a sling and I'm not sure that he's ever been to Hershey. K-Girl is a roller coaster nut, well at least she's obsessed with the ones she has been on at the amusement park made just for kids, Dutch Wonderland. But I'm excited to take her on some of the bigger ones. I hope she loves them as much as she thinks she will.
I thought perhaps I would take a little time to do a few posts (because we have definitely been busy) to let you know how we've been spending our summer.
We've been spending many days at the bowling alley. If you haven't heard about the program check this out - KidsBowlFree.com. The program runs all over the country so there's a good chance you might find a local bowling alley that participates. Every weekday kids get to bowl 2 free games. In addition you can purchase shoe tickets so that rental is a lot cheaper - one time small fee vs a little each time ends up being a huge savings if you go often. They also have a special that you can add up to 4 adults to bowl 2 games daily for just under $25.00 one time fee. It's fantastic. On K-Girl's birthday The Husband took a vacation day and one of the things we did was go bowling. She was so excited to bowl a strike that day...a little birthday luck!
The York County Libraries put together this FANTASTIC summer program for us. There are two sides to it. First of course they have a reading program where you track your minutes of reading with a goal to get to 800 before the end of summer. They give prizes at 200, 400, 600, and 800. The kids are very excited about that, especially K-Girl since she is now an independent reader as well. Nothing like reading with a stop watch running. ;) The kids have just about made it to 800 already.
The second part to it is a Get Outdoors program to help give the kids (and whole families) something fun to get up and DO. This year the focus is on countries of the world. There are 30 selected. At different parks and trails throughout the county there is a check point. On the post there is a little plaque that you rub and shows that you made it. There are directions that you have to follow to get you to the checkpoint. It's a lot of fun and we're really enjoying it. We did it last year but the kids were a little small and there was a lot more whining. This year we are currently halfway with exactly 15 "passports" collected. We hope to do all 30, but the current heatwave has slowed us down. Hopefully we'll be able to pull it off. There is still whining this year, but I think it's one of those things - they love finding the "passport" but the trek there is not always the easiest and most fun.
Most have been pretty uneventful like when we visited "Poland"...
But then there was the day we tried to go to "Kenya" but encountered 5+ copperhead snakes. I said I was being responsible, but more than anything I was scared too much to go any further. I'd like to go back and try again on a less sunny warm day.
Others have had rewards like yummy red raspberries along the way like our trip to "South Africa"...
And others, breath-taking views that make all that walking worth it like when we went to "India"...
I just love that our libraries do this and look forward to taking part in it for many years to come!
*To Be Continued...
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