Living the life

The days of summer are coming to an end. In just a couple weeks Jack will start a new chapter in his life...all day kindergarten. For the last 5+ years Jack has ben with me all day, every day...except for a couple hours twice a week for preschool. But soon he will be spending most of his time away...it will be a big change that I'm not looking forward to. But in the meantime, I'm enjoying these last, long days of summer.

We finished up Jack's first t-ball experience. Over all it was okay, we had a good coach and a good team, but t-ball was too boring for a 5 year old. Lots of sitting around waiting to bat and waiting to catch a ball. 

 The best part was by far the trophy. Jack is so proud of his trophy.

 We visited our local swim beach

 And played at the parks

 We went hunting for insects in the river:

Lily found mostly mud

 Luke caught the insect of the day

 But I can't remember what it was called

We've spent lots of time at the pool and even Lily is becoming very comfortable in the water

Jack and Lily practicing their "kung fu" moves

Lily surprised us all with a very fast and easy potty training experience

Luke found an easy way to put Jack to sleep: read him "The Princess of Mars"

Lily continues to amaze us with her language skills