Summer Fun

I've had a really lovely summer so far with my boys. We've stayed in town for the most part. but it's been fun still. We have been trying to make friends and have playdates. I've joined two groups and it has been going pretty well so far. Lucian has always been good around other kids; I'm glad he gets to play with them. We attempted to go camping at a small campground/amusement park about 2 hours away. We decided to try to stay over one night to see how he does with camping. Plus we didn't get to have any other type of vacation and thought it would be a good substitute. We drove up and managed to snag a campsite. We set up the tent and ventured into the park. Lucian was too tired to go on anything at the point, too close to nap time. Plus it was blazing hot out that day (so much for partly cloudy). We decided it would be better to swim in the campground pool to cool off and attempt the park after a nap. Lucian and Daddy had a fun time in the pool (too cold for Mama). There was still no sign of napping other than being tired so we went for dinner instead, where he crawled up on Daddy and fell asleep after all in the a/c. During his nap Mama and Daddy decided to play some arcades. In the midst of the excitement he woke back up. Just in time for the storm! That's right heavy downfall, thunder, and lightening. We had no choice but to wait it out knowing that our campsite was going to be flooded out on our return (no top cover hmmpf). Luckily they gave us a credit to return for a night of camping and fun. We managed to pack everything up, take Lucian on two rides, and save a baby rat (we later found out it was actually a squirrel go figure). All in all I'd say it was a success. We didn't get to camp out, but we still had a good time. We have done a few other things this summer too. We created a pretty good garden in our backyard and at our garden plot by the playground. Since our garden is down there, we get to spend lots of time on the playground playing. Speaking of that Lucian and I need to pick tomatoes! Ok Ok I need to pick them while Lucian tries to steal playground equipment. Besides that, we have spent hours outside, had plenty of swimming time, and have gone to pick fruit. I do have pictures I just need to find a bit of time to get them up online (not much computer time with a toddler I found out). He is having a fit as I write right now. Starving for attention this one is. Yeah right! He's just tired and refusing to take a nap as usual.