I'm disappointed that it's raining today since it's our last real chance to get out to the pool. We had a membership at the Marsh Creek pool this year and definitely got our money's worth out of that - we went as often as we could and both boy's swimming skills have improved - with two sets of swim lessons for Josh and two private lessons for Dima. They've both got a healthy respect for the water but still think of it as fun just because they spent a lot of time goofing around with the lifeguards and jumping into the water again and again and again. So far we've had a big breakfast, played our new Cranuim Cariboo game and went out for a walk in the rain. As we were out there in rain jackets and crocs it really started to pour and Josh was unhappy and going "we're wet, we're wet" Once I pointed out that the pool also makes us all wet he was better about it but still not as thrilled to be out there as Dima was. He was fascinated by the water flowing down the street, down the storm drains and down the driveways.
We went to Josh's open house at school and when we got into the room he flew directly to the toys and played and played there - there was a kid who's also into NASCAR so Josh'll have someone to talk to about that stuff. There are several kids in his class that were in the same school as Josh last year but were across the hall. It's nice to have kids there that he'll know. With his outgoing personality I don't think he'd have trouble going into any new situation but I think it can't hurt to have kids there that he knows. When it was his turn to say hi to the teacher she asked if she should call him Joshua and he said yes - I then told her Josh was okay and that when I was filling in his info sheet for her and asked him what he wanted to be called he said Mr. Josh Hockey Player!! I must say the teacher seemed very attentive when the kids were talking with her and seemed nice. The kids also go to practice getting on and off a school bus... oh, goody!!! He was skipping around the hallways - I can only imagine how excited he'll be during the school days!
Dima got a letter from his teacher as well as a video that the class made last year at the end of the year it's a to be continued mystery about their class pet being missing ... cute.
This week we've gone out caching a little - got eaten alive by mosquitoes at one of the caches (Josh took a car and Dima got an American flag from the cache) and promptly got back outta there once we found it. We also discovered St. Peter's Village - a really neat little town set up in the woods with a huge boulder field behind the "town" and a stream. We found a cache there and spent some time hiking around and actually went back there yesterday to take Dima's therapist to see the place and show him the cache since he was intrigued by us telling him about geocaching. Since we found some cool loot in the caches the kids - especially Josh- keep asking when we're going out caching again could have gone today if the weather had cooperated.
St. Peter's Village
Hard to believe that next week we're already back to school routine. Time just flies!!
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