By Faith In Kentucky

• Jun. 26, 2008 - Summer Fun

I guess I took an unexpected blogging break. Thought I'd stop by for a quick update. We've been having lots of fun, relaxing, but keeping busy at the same time. Didn't know that was do-able till this summer. Just after our official end of school we did some hikes and nature walks. It's a bit too hot for that now but when the evenings are cool enough, we still take family walks around our neighborhood. Birthdays bookend our summers. Elianna turned 9 last week and got a new bike.      Since Elijah will be 7 in September, he got an early birthday bike the day after Elianna got hers. We didn't want to make him wait all summer for the bike he needed now; bless his heart, he was a trooper waiting so we could celebrate sister properly. We all have bikes now (my dear hubby bought mine today - I haven't ridden in about 10 years!) so family bike rides are on the horizon... We bought a family pass for the city swimming pools. What a blessing that has been! My kiddos have finally learned to swim  just from being in the pool so much! It has given them motivation to ("hurry up and get your chores done so we can go swimming!") help Mom. And it has given us something fun and cool to do close to home. A bonus I hadn't planned on was the relationship building it has provided for us. When it's just them and me, I PLAY with them. They love the attention and I've found "pool tag" is quite fun and good exercise! Sometimes we'll plan to meet friends there or we'll get blessed by seeing friends already at the pool. We also joined our library's summer reading program. They both completed their first 15 hours of reading in the first two weeks of June. I was so pleased to see Elijah so motivated. This was his first year of reading alone and he really took off in his ability level. They both got their free books and are reading more for additional chances to win a drawing for various other prizes. I joined the library reading program for adults. One of the drawing prizes is a $50 gas card. I've been reading and reading.... Among other books, I'm reading Charlotte Mason (borrowed from our library). I don't know much about her but have heard so much that I decided it was time to discover her for myself. Her first volume in her home schooling series, Home Education, is quite interesting but I don't think I'll be able to read it completely (lots of references to England and the late 1800's that aren't applicable to American society in the 21st century; but it is interesting to note the differences) so I'm skipping around. I am enjoying her chapter on out-of-door life for the children. I'm sure we'll be adding "Charlotte touches" to our coming school year. Last, but certainly not least, we started Kay Arthur's How to Study your Bible for Kids today. We should be able to finish it this summer. That's my plan anyway. I didn't want my children to get lazy in God's word and with all the contact and influences with other children in the neighborhood, I knew I needed to be diligent to keep discipling them through the summer months. I joined the women's Bible study at my church as well. We're doing Beth Moore's Living Beyond Yourself (study on the Fruit of the Spirit). It's been years since I last did it so it seems all new again. I love how we can never be done learning from God's word. Well, it's been nice "talking" to you again! Time for sleep....

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