Happy July!

   

Once again I am playing catch up.

I think I left off with father's day and peach picking.  Pretty run of the mill everyday life stuff happening since then.

We had a nice 4th of July weekend, Steph & Michael came up on the 3rd and we grilled some amazing stuffed burgers.

We didn't do much on the 4th, kind of just enjoyed a quiet day.  We did go watch the local fireworks with some friend.  Afterwards we set off a few fireworks of our own at home (not supposed to, but hey, it was fun). The boys had a blast, especially with the stuff we played with at home.

This week the boys have art camp.  It's their first "camp" experience.  Hard to call it that really.  So the art teacher from our school and the art teacher from another school teamed up to do this week long camp.  The kids go to the one teacher's house (his detached garage is his art studio).  The kids are learning all sorts of cool stuff, making lots of neat artwork, and at the end of the week they will come home with a sketchbook and a bunch of supplies to continue using what they learned.  It's just for a few hours in the afternoon, but the boys are absolutely loving it.  

The boys and I have also started an online art class.  It's called "Playing" and so far it has been lots of fun.  Speaking of online classes - I finished the superhero class and took a few weeks off.  Mandarin Chinese started a couple of days ago, but I haven't started it yet.  Tonight.  

And that is the latest scoop.  I'm a little sad that summer is already half gone, but instead of dwelling on that, I'll try and savour what's left.