Summer is Here!

May was a flurry of activities and teacher farewells. Both Jet and Charlie said goodbye to school last week. Summer started off in full swing. We've already made several trips to the pool and the boys have already acquired their tan lines. Swim lessons started this morning , soccer ended on Saturday, tennis starts in two weeks when TBall finishes up and of course we have Tae Kwon Do. So basically, we'll be swimming, kicking and hitting balls until school starts up in August. The only camp we have is Camp Pride which is one week at the end of July. You throw in a few library events, a trip to Omaha and Ah Ram's arrival ... we'll got a full, fun summer.

We made our way this weekend to a chilly, rainy Chicago White Sox baseball game on the South side. It was Jet's second major league game and Charlie's first. We made it 5 innings and were surprised at the zeal that Charlie showed toward the game. He loved it and watched every batter hit. Jet is much more fair weather ... when it was raining, he was not in the stands. The statement of the game was Charlie asking, "Mom, why are we here?". "Ummm to watch the White Soxs" "oh". We ate our way through 4 hot dogs, 2 pretzels, 1 dippin dots, 1 ice cream, 2 cotton candy bags, one peanut bag, and 2 beers (beers for Daddy and Mommy of course). After springing for two new ball caps ... well the funds were tapped out and it was time to go home. Charlie managed to find Southpaw, the team mascot, and got a special hug from his new friend.

As part of our summer project, we picked up a 799 pc lego set to work on over the summer. A Mommy and Jet project - like the puzzles that are worked on all summer. Well, we are 4 days into summer vacation and the project is done (with very little help from Mommy). I was worried that the project would be too much for Jet ... he's 6 and it was a project for ages 9-13 years. Well let me tell you he's a natural at building and figuring out how things to together. I'm seeing engineer, architect, carpenter or builder in his future.

For all of you inexperienced at these huge lego projects, the KEY IS IN THE SORTING! Always sort before you start! It will save you frustration, headache, heartbreak and therapy sessions ... trust me ... I did not sort Christmas Lego project. So I guess we're back to finding a puzzle for the summer. If it would ever clear up and get warmer, we'd head to the pool. And so it goes as I type ... the sun just came out! See ya, I've got to catch the few rays while we can.