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Summer diary week 1

Mon: went to lunch with Grandpa and Daddy, went to Carrboro to pick up a picture I had framed, ate Locopops.  Went to rehearsal for recital and then Taekwondo.

Tues: Dropped Grandpa off at the airport.  Built lots of things out of kapla blocks.  Relaxed until the recital---we had to eat dinner really early in order to get there on time.  All the kids did great at the recital.  Luke was very funny with his seriousness (playing Takka Takka) and then bowing 4 or 5 times when he was finished.  We went out for gelato afterwards, it was great!

Wed: Actually did some "school" (writing, math, reading).  Ella and Amanda finished listening to Chomp.  Went to Ella's friend's house to drop her off, went to Monkey Joe's to meet with friends from the homeschool co-op, then back to Ella's friend's house to pick up Ella.  Went to taekwondo.

Thurs: We did our morning routine, including exercise (yay!), except somehow Amanda didn't eat breakfast.  Went swimming, but just for an hour since we don't have rash guards yet.  We got lots of things a Target, went to the dentist, and came home to make sno cones.

Fri: We went to Bond park to meet a friend of Ella's for a picnic.  Luke loved seeing the catfish that one girl caught.  Ella got to catch a few frogs and make a daisy chain.  We went to the library in the afternoon---later than I meant because I took a nap.  Very nice.  We blew up the floats, and Ella made snow cones for the youngsters.

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