the Blur of June and July

Where has the time gone? I am in denial that is it almost the end of July and I have only 6 weeks until my students come back.

Lucas on the other hand has been really enjoying the summer, oblivious to the passing time. June was spent getting used to his new daycare and making new friends. I was glad to see him running around with other kids at the end of the day. He still doesn't tell us who he played with but we still try and pry the info out of him. His second day there his teacher remarked to me that the first day Lucas didn't say much which was to be expected. But the second day all he did was talk! At least the true Lucas was coming through. We went to Buffalo for a family party the second week of June. As always it was good to see the relatives. We got to sit by the fire pit and have popcorn. The rest of June was a constant stream of family things-father's day with the Rosens, Marc's birthday.

And before you knew it, it was July! I was sad that we opted not to go to Columbus this year for the 4th. It seemed like all we were going to do was travel this summer so I thought it was better to stay closer to home. We did go to Lucas' first amusement park that weekend-Idlewild. It was great! It took him a while to warm up to the rides but once he did, he had a great time. I have a feeling that Lucas isn't going to be a big risk taker so I was hoping that he would enjoy the park. After an initial snafu on kiddie bumper cars between he and Marc, he was more open to riding things. One was a hand cart that he needed to power himself. It was a pretty long track for little ones and I was sure he would have gotten stuck in the middle and thrown a fit. But he proved me wrong-he did slow down a bit at one point but he never stopped! I was proud of him. Marc is not a big ride fan and while I like some things, I am normally a big rider. I am hoping that Lucas will grow to like some rides so that he and his old lady can go on the wooden roller coasters at Kennywood or the Ferris Wheel together.

We have spent some nice times with our neighbors-watching movies outside, playing on swingsets, swimming in pools and catching lightning bugs.

I just want another month of this before it all slips away again!