What we have been doing

Although it's summer break we're doing a lot o' learning here at the Gerlach house. I'm trying to focus on just having fun with the kids, visiting friends, playing outside, and reading reading reading. I enrolled the girls in the Half Price Books summer reading program which rewards them each week with a $3 shopping card for reading or being read to for at least 30 minutes for 5 days. We've had a lot of fun getting to spend their money at the clearance rack. We've picked out several $0.25 books and a few chapter books to read together. We haven't been doing the reading book or any work pages, but we have been coloring, playing with playdough and just having a good old time.It's been really nice to have a break and have more time to see friends we haven't seen in a while. We have taken a trip to the Ballard Locks, Green Lake, the library carnival, Great Grandma's house for her birthday via the ferry, and a few new parks in the area.

We have also been working on daily life skills and teaching the girls to be kind, share, and take responsibility for their things. I can't believe the summer is half over already. The second half of the summer should be a lot of fun too.