Slowing Down for Summer

Yesterday was a vacation day for Papa, so we did our own little version of Field Day and it was awesome!  We had sack races, Jump the Brook, an obstacle course, football toss, bunny hop, a 50 yard dash, and a "marathon" run.  The kids had a blast and all rested well during nap time :)
Today we're sort of getting back into the groove.  Story time is over for the summer (we don't go to the crazy story times during the summer where everybody in town shows up because of the free a/c), so we just went and got some books at the library.  Music class is over for the summer.  Art class is complete.  Violin is over, but we will continue on with 8 summer lessons.  Everything seems to be slowing down, so we are, too.  I was always a fan of looking into year-round school when I was teaching.  The kids in our community desperately need it, but I like the idea of not losing your skills over the break.  We will definitely be doing some writing, some math, and LOTS of reading during the summer, just not every day and not in such a formal way.  With Allen around more, I see more science activities happening.  Rachel is also going to be taking tennis lessons and is so excited about that.  Plus, we've got to start getting things ready for our Daisy Scout Troop in the Fall.  Oh, and did I mention, we've got to start getting ready for the newest pupil at Ingram School due to arrive around January 5th?  Maybe it's not going to be such a slow summer!!