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Summer Diary week 6

Monday: We went out to Sylva in western North Carolina to visit a dear friend.  We drove out on Sunday afternoon, had a pretty uneventful trip, and got there in time for dinner.  We watched the Andy Griffith show---some of the episodes are more fun for kids, but they are all appropriate.

So on Monday we decided to go to Deep Creek to go tubing.  Because the weather was iffy, we weren't sure when to go but we ended up picking the best time---after lunch.  Tubing deserves a post of its own, but lets just say that it is nothing like tubing on the Apple River.  Instead of a long, slow trip down the river, there are many short quick trips down a section of river, in between which you have to carry your tube back up to the top.  It was a blast!

Tuesday: There was a program about birds of prey at the library.  Ella only checked one book out.  In the afternoon we went to the pottery painting place, while it poured down rain.  We would have gone just a few blocks over to the candy store (to get a gift for Michael, of course) but the rain was so thick it was hard to breathe.  Instead we went over to Walmart where I got a replacement watch.  We watched Andy Griffith (at the kids request) until dinner.

Wednesday:  We had to be back early for a meeting of Ella's First Lego League, so we left Sylva at 7:30 in the morning.  The trip was uneventful except that I left the gas cap off and destroyed it---finally, on Thursday morning the "Check Gas Cap" light came on, but it would have been handy if it had come on about 100 miles earlier.  We got to the house at almost exactly the right time---pretty good for a 6 hour trip.

Thursday: Swimming in the morning.  Speech therapy and taekwondo in the afternoon.

Friday: Errands in the morning.  We wanted to have a playdate with a friend, but it didn't work out.  Went out to the Homeschool Gathering Place in the afternoon to get a handwriting book for Amanda and a planner for Ella.  Amanda got two small toys, a cheetah and a fish.  Ella got Edith Hamilton's Mythology.  Luke was mostly interested in the skittles: after you buy all your things, they have an automatic gumball machine that they let kids have a treat from.  You hold your hand under the chute and it dispenses some skittles (or jelly beans or...)  We did taekwondo as well---Ella is interested in  passing her belt test to get her blue belt next week.

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