A Good Start to Summer Vacation

I can't believe that our first month of Summer vacation is almost over! Time passes way too fast these days, and with Logan going to Kindergarten this fall, it seems that the time is passing at an even more excellerated rate!

June has been a good month and Logan and I have kept busy. So has Matt, but it's been a different kind of busy: lots and lots of overtime at work. He has been working six days a week for what seems like forever, so when we get a real weekend around here, it's a big deal.

For the most part, it's just been Logan and I. We took a trip to Champaign earlier this month and went to the Orpheum Children's Museum. It's small as far as museums go, but still pretty fun. Logan loved the big trays of Legos. Unfortunately, it was a very rainy day and he did not get to do the dino dig outside. Then, since we were in Champaign, it was Mommy's play time at the mall and Target :o)

We took our first trip to the pool. This year was nice, because Logan did not need to be followed constantly (Mattoon's pool is HUGE, and no division for little kids and big kids). It was his first time going down the (kiddie) waterslide. At one point he came over to me and said, "Mommy! This is so much fun!" He had a blast, and I had fun talking to some friends who also happened to be there.

Logan and I ventured out to see Madagascar 3. Logan really liked it, mainly because there was a train. It had some funny parts, but for the most part, it put me to sleep. Sometimes I have a hard time watching a kid movie, and this was one of those times. I do plan to take him to see Brave in the coming weeks.

We have read A LOT of books. Logan and I (and maybe Matt...I'm not sure) are participating in our library's summer reading program. At Logan's level, he had to read/be read to for 7 hours. I have to read four books. Both of us have completed our requirments and are now well on our way to earning extra tickets for the Grand Prizes. Speaking of prizes, Logan received prize tower tokens, a Monicals pizza certificate, a Papa Murphy's certificate, a book (yay!) and a metal lunch box. He picked the Star Wars lunch box! I think it would be really awesome if one of us won one of the Grand Prizes: the kids prize is an ice cream maker, and the adults have four different prize baskets, two of which include a Nook. Yeah...I could handle that!

Our t-ball season wraps up this Saturday. It's been a good season, but I'm ready to reclaim my Saturdays. Logan isn't "signed up" for anything else until the end of July (Bible school), so I'm not sure what we will do to pass the time.