In my mind, summer doesn't really start until Trey's birthday is over. It's such a rush to wrap up the school year and get ready for his birthday that I feel like I finally get to settle down once we celebrate and have his party. This year was no different except I had a few other tasks to get through before I felt like I could relax. Nevertheless, we transitioned into summer quite nicely and have had a really good time.
This is the first time since we have known each other that Randy and I have been home together over the summer. He is working on his business from home and I had summer school, so we had to figure out our time so that we could both get our work done while keeping Trey entertained. I signed Trey up for some half day camps which he enjoyed (thank you Tualatin Hills Parks and Rec for being so wonderful) and got Trey out almost daily for play dates or adventures.
We have spent a lot of time with our neighbor friends (aka soccer friends or kindergarten friends or tee ball friends) and started the summer with an idea for play dates at the park every Wednesday morning. That only lasted for a few weeks before we all got busy, but it has still been fun to have impromptu play dates where we can walk to each other's houses or meet at the school and the kids can play while the moms chat.
Playing at the park with Ryder and Bryn
Checking out what the THPRD nature van brought to show the kids
I think Jennifer was just as into it as the kids.
My sweet six year old
Summer also meant my last term of coursework. I had four classes to take over an eight week period, and to say I wasn't looking forward to it is an understatement. What I was looking forward to is getting through this part of my program, and I am now officially done with coursework. 80 graduate credits in 15 months while working full time was one of the hardest things I have done, but I made it! I continued to have to multi-task through the summer so I could spend time with my kid AND get work done, but I have had over a year to practice that.
Reading about research while eating sushi
Trey and I have spent a lot of time at the library this summer (stay tuned for a reading round-up) and he did the summer reading program for the first time. If we counted the hours by my reading aloud to him, he could have finished it in less than two weeks, but I made him read to himself in order to fill out the chart. His favorite things to read to himself were graphic novels, but we have found some other good ones to read together.
Post-library trip and I couldn't get him out of the car.
Random DQ trip with the cousins
Camille's birthday is on July 1st, and we enjoy celebrating with her every year. This year she chose to go to Enchanted Forest for her party, so I was able to cross this off of my summer to do list AND celebrate with Camille! Win-win! Happy 6th birthday to Camille!
One of the camps I signed Trey up for was Super Hero and Monsters, which he seemed to enjoy. I love Tualatin Hills Parks and Rec's camps because they are 2-3 hours a day (at least the ones I choose), cheap, and fun. One afternoon while Trey was at camp Randy and I headed to the Fireside Grill, one of my favorite spots in the 'burbs, for some work time on our laptops and delicious RPM.
One summer night we went to a Star Wars themed Hillsboro Hops baseball game with our tee ball friends. Trey was more interested in the bounce houses and running around like a maniac with his buddies than anything to do with baseball, but I was more interested in sitting in the sun and chatting with my friends than baseball, so I guess we are two peas in a pod.
Trey and Owen, who I couldn't get to stop moving for the picture.
Trey has spent a lot of time with Sunny, one of his BFFs from kindergarten, this summer. One afternoon they decided they wanted to go on an adventure with no adults please. Randy followed them around the neighborhood and the schoolyard, so they kind of got what they wanted, but not really. They also wanted to go to McDonald's by themselves, but that is a few miles away and not quite an option for these independent six year olds.
We have spent a lot of time in Julie and Tim's backyard this summer so they boys can play and cool off in their variety of water pools and toys. On this night, I was sitting at the patio table working on the computer while they were having a water fight.
I love how Julie is using Grady as a human shield
to try to prevent Tim from getting her at close range.
As you can see, they have a wonderful backyard.
It's no wonder why we spend so much time there!
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