Languid summer
Went to Bunker Beach last night after a quick supper. The place is only open till 7pm, which is a rather early closing time if you ask me. So, on weeknights when we're coming home from work, we have to cram food down our gullets and get over there so the kids can have an hour or so having fun.
John had fun in the wave pool first off. Hanna spent her whole time in the kiddie pool. She liked doing "tricks" in the water. She'd fall into the water in various ways, sideways, backwards, twisting, etc... She also went down the slide a few times, which I applauded.
Just before closing time, a summer burst of rain came over. It was dark blue in the east, and shiny sun in the west, yet a decent rain fell for a few minutes. The kids in the pool didn't mind. Hey, they were wet already, right? I scampered under one of the shelter thingies they have to protect loungers primarily from the sun.
John had some more testing with the school district yesterday. I think some kind of IQ test. He had trouble with fine motor things, like drawing shapes, pencil grip, etc... which is no surprise. We know he's kinda behind on that stuff. But, Rhonda said the guy said on verbal, visual things John is very smart, was doing things at a 7 yr-old level. I think he has some more on Thursday.
So, a summer of fun continues for the kids. Somewhere along the way they've heard the word "stupid", and I'm trying to get them to understand that isn't a very polite word. They don't really know what it means. But, by and large I think we've mostly prevented a lot of slop from entering their minds. I'm happy they like Care Bears. Hopefully this time of their lives will be remembered as a time of fun with mommy and daddy, when the worries and troubles of the real world were still as yet unknown, and joy came from the little things, like pulling a jump rope around the driveway.
John had fun in the wave pool first off. Hanna spent her whole time in the kiddie pool. She liked doing "tricks" in the water. She'd fall into the water in various ways, sideways, backwards, twisting, etc... She also went down the slide a few times, which I applauded.
Just before closing time, a summer burst of rain came over. It was dark blue in the east, and shiny sun in the west, yet a decent rain fell for a few minutes. The kids in the pool didn't mind. Hey, they were wet already, right? I scampered under one of the shelter thingies they have to protect loungers primarily from the sun.
John had some more testing with the school district yesterday. I think some kind of IQ test. He had trouble with fine motor things, like drawing shapes, pencil grip, etc... which is no surprise. We know he's kinda behind on that stuff. But, Rhonda said the guy said on verbal, visual things John is very smart, was doing things at a 7 yr-old level. I think he has some more on Thursday.
So, a summer of fun continues for the kids. Somewhere along the way they've heard the word "stupid", and I'm trying to get them to understand that isn't a very polite word. They don't really know what it means. But, by and large I think we've mostly prevented a lot of slop from entering their minds. I'm happy they like Care Bears. Hopefully this time of their lives will be remembered as a time of fun with mommy and daddy, when the worries and troubles of the real world were still as yet unknown, and joy came from the little things, like pulling a jump rope around the driveway.
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