July End TidBits

By the end of the week of camping, we were ready for home - especially since our last full day of camp it rained all day!  Although, having to take home wet tents and damp bedding, did mean that it took nearly a week to wash, dry, and put away all the camping gear!

The journey home from Fairhavens  was quiet and smooth. We took the most direct route which was on secondary roads through little towns. A good choice. Aiden and Jasmin slept the first half. Grace doesn't sleep easily, and being hungry and car sick didn't help. So we stopped for an early Subway supper and gas in a largish town.  We were all really hungy and ate nearly double what we usually eat at Subway! And even then we went to the grocery store and bought apples and cherries for the road.  It was a really good thing we stopped then, as it was the last town of any size for a good long while and we wouldn't have made it.

Of course, as soon as we were home, all the toys had to come out for a welcome home play so the nice clean house we left looked well-played in within the hour!

We jumped right back into life - Monday the girls went back to Chinese school for the morning.  We're proud of them - even though it was a full-on immersion situation that they didn't like, they've gone each day without complaint, and found fun.  Not sure if they've learned any Chinese, but there was certainly lots of exposure!  Today is the last day and then we get a month off before starting the weekly Saturday class in September.

Aiden began violin lessons also this last week!  He is very into it - just about every time he catches sight of his violin in the corner, he wants to practice.  Since he is starting earlier than Jasmin, we are having to listen to squeaky squawky sounds - but his practices are 5-10 min only.  We'll see if it sticks for him.

We had a great friend-filled weekend last week.  Saturday we had a swim and pizza supper at a friend's house, and on Sunday an afternoon at a new splash park with other friends.  It seems like we were having too much fun to take pictures...