bust

Our last few days of summer did not go according to plan. I nixed the trip into NYC because of heavy rains. It is way to much of a hassle to take the kids into the city in the rain. Our beach trip today got canceled due to the fact that it is only in the mid sixties right now. Oh well. Tomorrow is last minute shopping, open house at school and a brownie pool party (how they can swim in this cold is beyond me).

Despite the last few days being a bust, I think that the kids had a great summer overall!

end of summer

I am trying to make the last few days of summer fun filled (really, the whole summer was). Yesterday I took the kids into Philadelphia to the Please Touch, always fun. I then went over to the knitting store to treat myself, and of course it was closed. Today the older kids are having their friends sleep over. Tomorrow is a trip to the beach.

As am planning all of this I am also in the process of planning their fall activies and I am getting more depressed by the minute. Every weekend is taken over from now until mid-November. Almost every weekday evening will be taken over by an activity. It is not easy to fit everything in when they all like to do stuff.

busy

Only two weeks of summer left. It is hard to believe how fast it went.

I am trying to fill the last two weeks with fun things to do for the kids (not that everyday has been some kind of fun activity for them, very spoiled). Yesterday I took them to the beach (six hundred miles closer then our trip last week). Today is a pool day and tomorrow I think we will do a picnic in Princeton (I need to get a few things) and then we have a trip to Baltimore planned for Friday.

Next week will be another busy week. I think we will head into Philadelphia for one more trip to the Please Touch and perhaps a picnic in Rittenhouse. We will get to the beach one day and the pool another and then on Friday we will got into NYC.

One other activity I was thinking to do with them was the crayola factory. I took them years ago and it was a hit. No. four was itty bitty, so it is something I think he would really like. We see how the week pans out.

summer vacation

The summer seems to be flying by. We have been on the move filling our days with things that I hope the kids all find fun. We had a big weekend trip to DC. We have already had two trips into NYC. The first was a fast unplanned trip to meet my husband for lunch. The second was a big trip that included American Girl, FAO and a great dinner in mid-town for some Korean BBQ. We have been to the beach and next week we have a trip planned to the boardwalk (keeping my fingers crossed that it does not rain). There have been several trips into Philadelphia. One was to the Please Touch and another was for some shopping and lunch at the kids favorite Burmese restuarant, Rangoon. We have also done lots of swimming at different pools, some with friends and some without.

The summer has also been filled with lots and lots of camps. Three of the four have done soccer camp. There has also been basketball and ultimate. We still have brownie, another soccer and tennis camp to attend.

Hope your summer is going well also.

summer

I had grand plans.

School ended Friday. Everyone went to a pool party and summer officially started yesterday (however it feels more like early spring around here). We have no camps this week. I planned a great week for the kids, zoo, beach, please touch, and a start of summer party with their friends at our house.

Now, the weather looks awful all week and no. one is sick. Not such a great start to summer.

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Summer flew by. It is hard to believe that it is almost over. Next week will be the last full week for the kids. I have a busy week planned for them; a trip to the zoo, tennis camp, pool swimming, nyc and perhaps the please touch.

busy

It has been a busy week. I took the kids to the beach one day, today we spent the entire day at a friends pool near the beach today and tomorrow we have a trip into NYC planned for after tennis camp.

It is going to be a day of gross excess tomorrow. Their grandmother has promised to take them to American Girl (a new experience, the girls have never liked baby dolls), Hershey and M&M Worlds, and maybe to Dylan's Candy Bar.

I am thinking that perhaps I can squeeze in a trip to Kate's Paperie and pick up some new paper. I have not worked in weeks and need to get inspired again, perhps that will be the kick that I need. Things have come to a halt, and I am feeling like perhaps I should have never started making the cards and just set myself up for failure.

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From our backyard firework show.

summer days

We had a fun summer day yesterday.

We got to the zoo early in the morning and went right away to meet Gus from Texas (pictured). We spent some time walking around the zoo and then went to the Reading Terminal for a fast lunch and ice cream treat. We had some time at home before our Brownie pool party and then were off again until late in the evening. The kids had a blast at the party and did a really good job playing with everyone. There were alseep before their heads hit the pillow.

Today we are off to the beach for the day.

summer days

Yesterday was a lazy summer day. We went raspberry picking in the early afternoon and then out to lunch. I took the kids to a great puzzle store and we picked out a new 550 piece puzzle to work on. After the store we went for a swim at the pool to kill some time, these lazy days tend to drag on and on. On the way home we stopped at the local farmer's market to pick up some corn to have with dinner. I decided to use up the rest of the blueberries that we picked and made a double batch tri-berry muffins, all with fresh berries that we picked to have for dessert.

I hope we do not have to many more lazy days!