Last night was my eight year old's night to stay up late and have mom and me time. He asked to have a pillow fight and then to play Connect 4. We had a great time, especially  with the pillow fight! He later said, "This was the best night ever of me staying up late! Thank you, mom!" 

Yesterday we went to an indoor rock climbing facility. We had not been there since last summer when my then 9 year old broke his arm there! They had given us passes to come again for free since they felt bad that he had gotten hurt, so we used them yesterday. We had a great time, but I had not remembered that they have no air conditioning in there! It was over 90 degrees yesterday, which is HOT for New England...and with the harnesses on and climbing UP, they got hot fast. I got hot belaying, too! So we did not stay as long as we usually do.  They both made it to the top and were pleased. I asked the manager how high that was and she said 26 feet. I think we will wait until fall before we go back -when it is cooler.