This summer Ryder set a goal for himself to read all 10
books in the Eerie Elementary series. The
series is part spooky, part mystery and part funny. He read the first one early in the summer,
and when it was obvious that he liked it, I told him that it was part of a
series. He immediately wanted to keep on
reading and then decided to read all 10 over the summer. It’s really cool to see him curled up with a
book and totally engrossed in the story!
He more than achieved his goal, as he finished the series with probably about
two weeks to go in summer. Time to find
a new series!
Since it’s summer, Ryder has been totally into going to the
river. He loves to practice swimming and
he really enjoys the kids kayak that Janda got him. He hops on the kayak, paddles around along
the sandbar and catches boat wakes. Then
he pulls the boat onto the sandbar and swims for a while, or looks for sea
creatures, before jumping on the kayak again!
We’ve also been going to Good Harbor this summer and he likes body
surfing. He’s ridden a few waves,
although to really get a good ride, you need to be a strong swimmer. He’s got the idea though, so as his swimming
improves, he’ll be catching good waves!
One of Ryder’s classmates this upcoming school year has been
spending one day a week at her grandmother’s house two doors down from us, so
she’s been having fun with another kid to play with in the neighborhood. They play really well together and all three kids
have been having a lot of fun. They pull
out the bikes and scooters, or explore our yard or her grandmother’s, or just
find some toys to play with inside. It’s
been awesome, because every Thursday, the kids have ready-made plans and an
extra fun day.
On one of the last days of summer, Ryder and Vivi created
their own art/science activity. I’m not
sure what it started out as, but it ended up being squirt painting with eye
droppers and paint they made for themselves out of old, mostly dead markers. A few years ago, I used dead markers to make
some watercolor paint and somehow Ryder remembered that and off they went. It kept them entertained for almost the entire
day. I even got in there and made a few
paintings!
Cuddled up on the bean bag, reading Eerie
Doing tricks on the scooter
Cuddled up at bedtime
At the Schooner Festival
Enjoying his new favorite, mint chocolate chip ice cream
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