Allen finishes his days with students tomorrow and Rachel is considering tomorrow her "last day of Kindergarten" (even though we've basically been done for awhile...moving was kind of our "ceremony"!) So, Ingram School blog posts probably won't be too much about education for awhile and will be more about what we're doing these days. I'm hoping to start regular routine school back the same day as Allen (August 25) so the kids feel like they're on the same schedule as he is. We talked this morning about how everyone would be going up a grade. Rachel is excited to move up to 1st grade. Ford will officially start Kindergarten. Ruby refused to say she was going to be in preschool (she thinks she's already completed preschool!), so we decided she'd be in "Ruby School" this fall. I know summer hasn't officially started yet (thanks to our calendar lesson today), but it seems like it's going to fly by since school gets out so late this year. Anyway....
The reason I titled this post "Never Say Never..." is because we are going to be doing something this weekend that I truly NEVER thought we'd do!!! I wanted to take Allen somewhere for Father's Day so that he would get a little vacation now that school's out and so that he didn't have to have his Father's Day Breakfast with his mother-in-law!! Plus, we spent our vacation money on joining the pool and swim team and such this year, so I was hoping for a little getaway that wouldn't cost much. Lisa and Ed are kind enough to let us stay at their mountain house this weekend and Allen loves the mountains, so I thought, "Perfect!" Well, after I got that squared away and had visions of hiking and playing at the park and such, Ford just happened to see a commercial for "Day Out with Thomas". This is something I swore I'd NEVER EVER EVER do!!! When I looked into going to one closer to where we live, it was SO EXPENSIVE. However, Thomas just happens to be in the mountains this weekend and it doesn't cost any more to get into the park then it does normally. Ford's birthday is next week and after seeing that commercial he decided that he didn't want a party, he just wanted to go see Thomas!! So, as I often do, I had to eat my words that I'd NEVER EVER DO THIS because, seriously, if that's all he wants for his birthday and we just happen to be planning to be in the same city at the same time and it means I don't have to plan a birthday party, well, let's just do this. I hate commercialism and I know there will be so many things in our faces trying to get us to spend money, but Ford knows that the train ride and day at the park is his actual birthday present. So, this weekend will be crazy, fun, and hopefully a little bit relaxing at some point!! We will just hang out and roast marshmallows on Friday night, then spend all day with Thomas on Saturday (seriously, we're getting there when it opens and we are staying until there's a meltdown), then Sunday we will celebrate Allen and do what he wants to do. I think that means we'll be going somewhere fun for breakfast and hiking on a mountain somewhere and who knows what else.
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