Vacation

Summer means fun experiences and relaxation.


We embraced summer fully. We went to beautiful Traverse City in Northern Michigan. We were lucky, because I am a bad planner and I was not aware of all the activities that were scheduled for that weekend. As luck would have it, we arrived just in time for the Fourth of July fireworks! The kids were beyond themselves with the firework spectacle.The next day, we went to Bryant Beach park that I knew and liked from my previous visit- just a short stop for the kids to play, but no! it turned into a full-day adventure because who would miss the Blue Angels Air Show?!

To avoid the traffic heading out of Traverse City after the air show we decided to follow the great day with some fine wine testing and light-house tour in the Old Mission peninsula. Then we needed a real vacation day, a lazy day at the quietest East Bay Park Beach. Add to this a visit to picturesque Charlevoix with its mushroom houses and a ride across the magnificent Macinac Bridge and vacation was a clear success!

In a small book store on the main street in Charlevoix we found the following gems, one of which we had already read but loved so much, we decided to purchase it for our home library. I also found Battle Bunny which I thought was phenomenal. Initially, I read the story that the boy wrote and it was immediately well received by my little man. On the second reading when both kids were around I read the original story first, then I read the story that the boy recreated and both kids were hooked on this book. I recommend it even though some may consider it violent because there are bombs and zombies and presidents and air force one, but it is exactly what you would expect from a boy who is jam packed with facts and is meshing them into a very creative story.

This month will be exciting. Swim lessons continue. We plan a visit to the Hesston Railroad in Indiana. There are outdoor concerts, movies and fests nearby. And the weather is fantastic.

We are also catching up on some 'school work' mostly concentrating on Portuguese-songs, books and phrases.