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Summer diary week 2

Monday: Haircut, swimming (interrupted by thunder) and taekwondo.  A very boring day =).

Tuesday:  Went to the History museum.  The North Carolina exhibit really is fantastic, the only problem is that we run out of steam after we get to WWI.  Luke had a speech therapy evaluation.  We'll have to find some sort of child care arrangement, I  think.

Wednesday: Didn't get much done in the morning.  Luke had a play date with Colin in the afternoon, so the girls and I went shopping---got a pencil holder and a paper holder for Ella's newly cleaned off desk.  Amanda went to her first dance lesson, which she enjoyed.   I do see why we haven't done this before, though, the logistics are annoying.  There was one woman at the studio with 4 (maybe 5?) kids, and they were all at the studio for 3 hours for various lessons.  I'm not sure how we'll work things out as the kids get older, I'm worried that the number of activities will balloon...

Thursday: Swimming in the morning.  It was the perfect day for swimming: 75 degrees and cloudy.  I could have actually stayed longer, for once!  Then we went shopping and to get the timing belt changed in the afternoon.  Arranging transportation turned out to be more difficult than just leaving the car there, so we planned on waiting at the dealership.  They have a nice set-up with a separate waiting area for kids, popcorn, a TV, and so on.  But due to the fact that I had made the appointment for the regular service instead of the timing belt change, we ended up with a loaner car (a sedan) for the evening.  It's fun to be in a shorter car, but I really like the van.

Friday: Had a play date with some friends at the park.  The weather was marvelous---under 80, sunny, no humidity... just about perfect in every way.  We picked up the van, went to the library (Luke feels quite free to approach librarians and ask about picture books, even when I'm helping Ella or Amanda in the juvenile section), and went to the bread store.  We had a great chicken and dumplings from the crock pot (I decided it would be safe, if we all come down with food poisoning you'll know why =) but the girls didn't like the dumplings and Luke refused to even lick it.  Sigh.  I really need the weekend.  Next week, they have camp!   yea!

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