Another school year is upon us. Esme started 3rd grade and parker is in 7th. He will be moving to a new school and starting a new program that focuses more on life skills. I think it will be good for him. Here are some comparisons of this year's pictures and each of their Kindergarten pictures.
They got a special cookie for an after school snack on the first day.
The new schedule took a toll on Esme and she took a little snooze.
We also closed down the pool this week. I've had some major trouble keeping up with the chemicals (as you can see by the green water) and decided it was time to drain and clean it.
One last swim before it drains more. We were lucky to have some dry weather so I was able to get it cleaned and dried out pretty quickly. I am leaning towards getting a pool membership next year, but will probably still put this up, I guess we'll see.
I thought this was the last Plymouth park which is why it's so awesome. Before declaring that officially I pulled up the list again and found 2 more. Not sure how I missed them last night, but I think one of them displays the same address as another we've already been to and the other doesn't come up on a map search.
Key Features
This one has so many things Parker loves. He immediately found a wheel to spin.
We had stopped at Nadia Cakes as a reward for finishing the first week of school. They could barely wait to finish before playing.
They had a dual zipline and tri-runner spinning type thing.
I couldn't find an official name for this, but it was a wild see saw/swing combo. There is some footage in the video at the end.
We all took a ride on the We-Saw!
There was another boy there who I thought was special needs like Parker. I got to chat with his dad for a bit and him and Parker enjoyed swinging together. he has some more difficult challenges than Parker and I've been thinking about him a lot since that day.
Easy 10 swings for this one. We will definitely be back!
Jimmy worked the weekend so I got to have another morning to work on some last bits of trim. My mom had the kids and took them to Orono Park again for some paddle boarding.
We had Heidi and Rick over for one last pre-wedding dinner. Pizza stuffed peppers, salad, and garlic bread was on the menu.
Esme wanted to give them a big hug before leaving. Can't wait to celebrate these two next month!
On SUnday our church had worship at the park. The kids did pretty well and lasted through the service. parker got a little rowdy waiting for lunch.
Esme hung out with her buddy, Asher, for a while too.
That night we broke out Huskeropoly. Esme lasted about 10 minutes before I had to take over the game. It was a fun play that we finished Monday morning.
Esme has been asking to do a "Soda Challenge" for ages. She's seen the one Jimmy and I did several years ago. We had a diet and zero sugar variety on hand so we used those.
Esme took on for the team and used up my free birthday ice cream coupon from Culver's as a day before school starts treat.
And just like that, summer is over! The heat is sticking around for now, but school is back in session and so is the busy.
I knew going in this wasn't going to be a great one. It's near some ball fields and likley helps to distract siblings during games. The kids didn't like the bees on the flowers so they didn't get close to the sign.
Key Features
Even with it's small size, there was a few things the kids like.
Esme lasted less than 10 minutes before asking to leave. Luckily, park #96 was close by and we went and played there for a while. Only 5 swings for this one, we won't be back.
