The kids have been out of school for almost 2 weeks now for summer break. So far there has been hiking, soccer camp, donuts, playing in the fountain, checking out the elementary school garden, and lots more.
And there is so much yet to come for summer!
Hiking, presents, and chocolate cheesecake: who could ask for anything more?
We love you Jeff! Happy Father’s Day!
Today Maren had a Girl Scout event at a wildlife center (learning about local wildlife and visiting with injured birds), and Jeff, Linden, and I went for a little walk. One very nice thing about Corvallis is that there are several boardwalk trails, and I can very easily navigate them on my trike. It was a lovely day to be outside!
Today was going to be the first Mother’s Day in over a decade that I spent with my mom. However, Maren woke up with a tummy ache this morning and it was not getting better by the time we were supposed to leave.
We decided to hold off leaving for just a bit to see if her tummy ache would get better, and we are glad we did because she threw up just as we were supposed to start driving. So no trip to Eugene for us.
Fortunately Maren started to feel better just a few hours after throwing up (she still reports feeling a little sick, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at her or by watching her laughing and playing with Linden). But even so we wanted her to take it easy do today was an extremely low-key day. Lots of reading and board games, ending with eating outside in the lovely weather, and the kids wanting to take a bunch of selfies:
Soccer
Making seed bombs (Linden got to be an honorary Girl Scout for one activity)
Rainy walks
Aaaand colds. We have all been sick, but hopefully we will all be better by the time we get some summer weather later this week!
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