summer!

This week I finally feel like it's summer vacation.  When Rachel first got done with school I was busy getting ready for our trip, so it didn't seem like summer.  Then we went on the trip, then we recovered from the trip, and here we are.  Summer vacation!  

Yesterday really felt like the first official day.  I had Rachel start working on her chore chart (which really is a list of things she needs to do everyday, some chore like, and some not....).  On her list?  Get dressed, brush teeth, make bed, unload dishwasher (I had to show her where everything goes yesterday, and some of them she can't reach, but she can do most of it!), read 15 minutes, practice math fact flash cards, do a page in the math workbook she brought home from school, and write in her journal, which she also brought home from school.  Yesterday she wrote in her journal (and drew accompanying pictures) for at least 30 minutes.  She gets really into it.  I had no idea it would take her so long.  But she enjoys it.  Today it didn't take quite as long, but still much longer than I anticipated.

Yesterday was also the first day of the dance class she's taking this summer.  The dance class consists of her and her best friend, Taylor!  We had no idea they were the only two signed up, but found out yesterday when we got there.  How fun to take private dance lessons with your best friend!  It's a combo tap/ballet class, and she loved it.

Today we went to the zoo.  It was supposed to be sunny and not too hot, so I that it would be a perfect day to go.  I figured school was out so there wouldn't be any school groups there, but I was wrong.  There were a ton of school groups!  And everyone else in the metropolitan area, too, it seemed.  It was really crowded.  But the girls had fun.

Hooray for summer!