Summer.

Is it just me or does the summer seem to be flying right by?!?

I was not looking forward to the summer.

But how can I complain with having absolutely NO schedule to live by?!?

We've done lots of swimming, stayed up late, slept in late :), watched movies & have been reading LOTS of books to keep us busy.

We spent last night @ the temple.

We had a short lesson on the temple & then we walked around & took a few pics of the kids.

I'm shocked that they were both willing to let me practice.

(I'm still learning how to run my camera so that I can still feel good about spending that much $$$ :)

We've also started our "Summer Rewards Program".

It's something my Mom used to do with us when we were younger.

We started off with a little party & the kids have been pretty excited.

Which has made my life a bit easier. All I have to say is:

"if you do this you will get ___ points".

It works like a charm.

Here are some of the things we are having the kids work on:

Lucas:

*brush teeth (he does it 1x & then we do the other)

*get dressed by himself. no complaining.

*learn a new color.

(he knows quite a few now. pretty sure he struggles with greens & reds. should be interesting once he starts pre-school in the fall.)

*learn to count to 10 (almost there) & then to 20.

These are just a few of the things he can work on.

I've already seen some improvement in several areas.

Makes me happy!

Averi:

*Make bed everyday

*Water plants.

*Fold towels on laundry day.

*Bear testimony 1x during the summer.

*Provide a service for someone in need.

*2 days straight with out a bad attitude. (work in progress)

*Read @ least 30 minutes every day.

*Read to Lucas.

This has been great to help us pass the time & it gives us a bit of structure in our rather-unstructured schedule.

Happy Summer!