There are now six more weeks left in summer camp for Nicolas.  So far, he's enjoying it, but that can change on a daily basis.  Poor kid has mom's short genes and he gets a lot of flack about his size from other kids and he doesn't handle that too well.  Yesterday when I picked him up he told me how much he LOVES this camp, and this morning I learn how he is choosing more and more NOT to participate in activites, which is frustrating.  I guess yesterday he was "too tired" to do swim lessons, and he didn't do free swim in the afternoon because I picked him up before their session.  Yet when we learned that he sat and watched another kid play a video game instead of swimming, that was just too much for us to tolerate.  I don't know what to think because I really want him to participate as much as possible, not sit out and watch other kids play with their video games!  I'm not paying $190 a week for THAT!

 

Anyway, we had a nice long holiday weekend that was full of activities.  I headed to Southern Maryland on July 3rd, had dinner with my parents and some of their friends and a local crabhouse and ended up running into Michele, one of my oldest friends, and her family at the crabhouse and seated right next to us!  It was great to catch up with her and see her family and introduce her to mine.  Then we got to go to the country club where my parents used to be members, the kids got to swim in the pool and Nicolas enjoyed jumping off the diving board there.  We saw a fireworks display that night from the lawn there, and ran into some of my cousins and their families and hung out for a bit.  It was a really great evening.

 

July 4th wasn't nearly as busy, but we still managed dinner with Frank's parents and having our own little fireworks show at home.  July 5th was busy once again with Noah's birthday party at the marina.  The weather cleared up just in time to have the party and the kids loved playing on the beach and on the playground and in the pool there.  We had a nice picnic lunch there and cake, then came back home for Noah to open gifts.  He got some great stuff and I think he's played with just about all of it.  We had more fireworks that night at home.

 

July 6th was mom and dad's last day staying with us, so we went out bowling for a little while, then out to lunch, then came home and relaxed the rest of the day.  It was just a good weekend overall.

 

Now I have no more vacation time to use until my week off in August.  With any luck Frank will be able to join us for our week in North Carolina, and if things work out we'll also make a trip to the Six Flags Over Georgia for a few days together.  If Frank can't join us or has to make it a short trip, then we'll just end up heading to my parents for a few days instead.

 

We return just in time for Noelle to start kindergarden.  It's hard to believe and I think she's already getting a bit nervous about starting someplace new but I know she'll be fine.  I'm still not sure how Noah will handle watching his brother and sister get on the bus and being left behind though.