This summer, my daughter selected the Charles Schulz Museum, Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Factory, CYO Camp, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. My son picked playdate, playdate, and playdate. And my personal ones included reading more books for fun, volunteering at camp, going to amusement parks, hanging at the pool, and ensuring my plants successfully grow.
I am happy to share that we are almost done with our list - and it's only mid-July. Considering how the length of summer vacation seems to be shrinking (my kids go back to school in August), I think we are on track.
The Charles Schulz Museum was pretty cool. As I kid, I loved Snoopy. I had a ton of snoopy stuffed animals with clothes (jogging suit, pink dress, etc.) and even shoes, I think. I read the Peanuts comic strip every Sunday. I would like to go back one day. It was not super enthralling to my son, so I didn't get to read as many of the comics displayed as I would have liked. Also, I mis-read the movie listings thinking the show we were going to watch was the one about the red-headed girl, but it was about a girl in a red truck. A mixture of live action and cartoon about Snoopy's brother (or cousin?) and the live actress he seemed to like was odd. I loved the 80s, but watching a jazzercize instructor/rollerskating dancer wearing 80s attire scale a rocky mountain while trying to dodge bullets (yes, they were getting shot at) to save this cartoon dog was unbelievably ridiculous.The Mrs. Grossman's Factory was really cool. Of course, I loved stickers as a kid - and I still sorta love stickers now. Learning about how they were made was informative and getting free stickers is
always awesome. The one downside? It smelled super bad. They said it wasn't toxic, but it still felt like it couldn't be good to be breathing in all those chemicals.
We just finished our first week at CYO Camp. Lexi was at teen camp, so we didn't really see her. The teen campers stay on what is known to be the more rustic side of camp. For me, that side is home though. Back in the day, it was where girls camp resided and those are the same cabins where I stayed. I heart the Miwok side of camp. Nicky had a blast as a day camper. He gets to experience all the camp activities - like canoeing, making friends, doing archery, tie-dying, playing field games, hiking, and swimming - but I pick him up at 5pm and then put him to bed around 8pm, except the one night where he gets to go on an overnight (smores, campfire, cookout, etc.). I'm hoping that next year he will try residential camp for the week.
Prior to this past week at camp, Nicky has been the social butterfly with all his playdates: to Great America, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, his friends' houses, the pool, etc. He will also have more scheduled soon!
As for me, I'm doing well at checking off my summer to-do list. We went to the pool several times in June, especially since Nick was in swim lessons. We also went to Great America and Six Flags. Also, I was diligently caring for my plants and making sure they would grow. While at camp, my husband has agreed to take care of watering them. Isn't he sweet? Thank goodness. I would have been super sad to leave my plants to die in the heat. I'm sure it's work, but he is also enjoying eating fresh tomatoes. This past week, I volunteered here at camp in the office, but next week I hope to do more projects outside. I like the variety and am up for anything really. I've also been reading quite a bit of books. My goal this year is to read 25 books. This morning, I finished book #15. Woot!
And that's my summer update. I figured I should blog at least once a month. HAHA. Also, I don't have regular access to facebook, so....yea.
