Lauren Tewes I am not

You remember her, don't you?? Julie McCoy?? The Love Boat's cruise director??

I have a friend, whose children are a smidgen older, who refused to play cruise director this summer. I need to read that chapter in the book because I feel like a lot of my time has been finding things for all of us to do, for them to do, for me to do and, when all else fails, for nothing to do.

We have camped

swum

biked

had a road trip to Vancouver & Kamloops to visit aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends

And then there were the crafts...never-ending crafts...they have a love for cutting, pasting, sticking, painting and colouring. Jordan has a fondness for diving into the craft books to find things we have the stuff to make and then getting down to business.

Experiments are likely my least favourite activity. I suppose that the notion of having baking soda and vinegar volcanoes erupt on the kitchen floor is directly conflicting with my type-A personality. Go outside...I know. I did allow Jordan to set up the water at different levels in several glasses to hear the different sounds they made. Maya was keen, but she eventually got tired of the noise (as did I). A short lived experiment to be sure.

Although summer was heaps of fun, I have to say that I'm looking forward to the routine of school days starting up next week. I'm not that anxious to be rid of the offspring, but I think the little break from one another will do them worlds of good. My highly coveted 5 hours a week to myself will hopefully see me on some end of the season rides and some long walks through the soon to be falling leaves.

Bliss...