Fun At The Princess's School

Yesterday was just a beautiful day: 70 degrees and sunny! To take advantage of this beautiful weather, DadOf3 and I took the three kids to the Princess's school to run around and play on the playground equipment. We took turns running around a little track that goes around the playground. It is a third of a mile. The kids have to run around the track one time every day before recess. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, they run twice! I ran around it once without stopping but it was rough on me! I knew that I was out of shape, but wow! I think the kids and I will go to this park a lot this summer. They can play while I run the track and get back into some sort of shape again! There really were lots of things to do. We even found some spare basketballs on the playground and practiced shooting hoops! The Prince would really love to be taller so he could make some more shots. The Knight just wanted to run and chase balls. The Princess did an AWESOME job of swinging all the way across the monkey bars! She is a very strong little girl, let me tell you. I don't remember ever being able to do that in grade school, or after that if truth be told! She impresses me! The Prince tried to swing from the monkeybars and he did a great job of holding on. I told him that was the first step to being able to swing all the way across the monkey bars. We really are going to need some activities to do this summer. The Princess is not going to be content with coloring in the kitchen this year. I ended up ordering some lessons for during summer vacation and her school website has lots of ideas too. I may try to think of a pseudo lesson plan for the summer so we can keep her reading and writing on target for next year. It will also give the Prince a taste of what school will be like when he turns 5! Speaking of the Prince turning a year older, his birthday is less than two months away now! Soon I will have a 4 year old again. Crazy!! Time does fly!