Summer Activities -- Thursday

A typical Thursday unfolds much the way of our Tuesdays...  early awakening, breakfast, school for two hours from 8-10:00am.  Thursday seems to be one of our more productive days, and we usually add anything extra that needs to be covered on Thursday morning.  We also usually conclude with a more involved art project, such as painting, since we tend to not have much lined up after school. 

After "free play," lunch and rest time, we try to incorporate some physical activity, and that can be an enormous challenge, what with the infernal heat we have had over the last few weeks.  To combat that heat, allow me to introduce our pool system for 2011. 

Last year we tried to upgrade to one of the inflatable back yard pools (with the filters and pump), and it was a disaster (for us; if you have one, I hope it works). We went with the lowest technical option available this year. A problem last year was that the girls spent the majority of their time scaling the side of the pool getting in and out. To combat that problem, I picked up two very small wading pools. The goal here with the dimunitive pools was to also allow for ease of clean up, since I knew I would be nine months pregnant during prime pool season.  My swimmers were not initially impressed, but they have come to appreciate the autonomy of climbing in and out at their leisure. We also added the "Waterpillar," the sprinkler positioned in between the two pools.   The Waterpillar definitely takes the experience to a new level.

What is not shown is my comfortable chair inside my makeshift cabana (inside one of the garage bays), complete with oscillating fan.

That is a typical Thursday.