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The Summer of Mommyland Part 2

7 Jun

It’s finally here, Monday is the last day of school for Cameron. First grade is officially in the books. Logan has been out of school for a couple weeks now and is anxiously awaiting the true start to summer.

Let the adventures begin!

Last summer the boys and I had an awesome summer visiting fun new places and making memories that will last a lifetime. I called it The Summer of Mommyland and it was awesome.

OK, it wasn’t always easy. They tested my patience. We got lost a couple of times too. But seeing the boys have those experiences was magical. I was actually kind of sad to see the summer come to an end.

My Life In Mommyland

Well this year we’re doing it all over again! Sure, we’ll go to some of the same places we went to last year but I’ll find us some new adventures too.

This year we’re also hoping to bring Bill on a few of our adventures if he can spare a few days away from his company to come out and play.

My hope is that when the boys go back to school in the fall they can share the fun they had. But more importantly, I hope that when they are grown, they look back at their summers off from school and remember all the fun things we did together. I know the memories we made last summer and the ones yet to come will follow me for the rest of my days.

I hope you’ll come along with us as we find new and enriching ways to spend our summer.

Do you have any suggestions of places we should check out? Is there anywhere you’d like us to test out for you and report back on how we liked it?

We are open to any and all adventures!

What are you going to do with your kids this summer?

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Just Keep Swimming (Part 2)

25 Aug

The Green Band

In addition to all the fun adventures I took the boys on this summer I also had them in swim lessons. The Y really has an awesome learn to swim program that teaches kids to be safe and confident in and around the water.

I’m ashamed to admit that at six years old Cameron still couldn’t swim. With our summers being spent waiting for Bill to be able to have some fun with us we just never took the time to get Cameron in lessons. Why learn to swim if we’re never going swimming was my thought.

This year the boys spent six weeks learning to swim. For Logan it was more getting used to being in the water than actually learning to swim. Cameron on the other hand went from sinking like a stone in the pool to swimming like a little fish in a matter of four weeks.

My Life In Mommyland

So proud to be able to swim without Mommy or Daddy!

The Y has a wrist band system for kids in the pool so the lifeguards know that abilities of the kids swimming. A red band is for the kids who can’t swim at all and those kids need to have a parent with them in the water. Then the yellow band is for the kids who can swim but can’t swim a whole lap and can’t tread water for long. Those kids also need a parent near by. The green wrist band is for the good swimmers and they’re allowed in the pool without a parent.

The kids are tested to see where they fall and are issued a band accordingly.

In four weeks Cameron went from a red band to a green one, he didn’t even bother with the yellow band. I don’t think he’s ever been so proud of himself and rightfully so.

I don’t know if I’ve ever been so proud. I was working the night he got his green band and when he came running to the window holding up his little arm to show me I had to choke back the tears.

This has been the best summer ever in so many ways.

Did your kids have an extra special accomplishment this summer? Please share with the rest of us.

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