Introduction to my summer project: Lulu's Activity-Filled Summer!
I have not been updating as much, because school has kicked me in the dupa and left me exhausted. Now, however, I am on summer break, and get to be a stay-at-home mom for 2 whole months. As ecstatic as I am, it also scared the begeezees out of me. Daycare had Lucy so structured. She was always so involved with play and activities. I immediately thought,
Wow. Lucy is going to be so bored with me.
So...with that terrifying thought, I began my summer project. Lucy and I are going to have a fun-filled summer. Not only am I scheduling events and activities, but I am planning healthy meal options and also, projects for myself during nap times. It will be a structured summer, but a good one, and thought that my blog was the perfect place to document it. This blog of course is dedicated to my children, in loving memory of my son, Gabriel. I will be creating another blog, an edublog, to document school stuff and of course use as my web page/blog for my classes in the 2012-2013 school year. I am excited to take my blogging to a new level, and will seriously be making the commitment to updating daily.
So, here it is. Activity Day 1!!
Lesson Planning isn't hard for me, for high schoolers anyway. I actually get a kick out of planning their 180 school days. But with Lucy, it is a whole new ball game. She has only a 20 second attention span, and needs constant attention right now. She doesn't really free-play, she wants something more involved. My plan: have free play until breakfast, then have a morning activity, then lunch, free play, and nap. After nap, have a lengthy PM activity, with a snack somewhere in there, and then dinner by 6:30. I think that sounds pretty structured, and hopefully I can come up with some fresh ideas too. If any reader out there has any suggestions, please comment!
Here is my calendar that I made for this week. It started on Tuesday, because we were in Las Vegas until Monday afternoon.
I am trying to schedule meals in advance, so it makes grocery shopping easier too. If I don't know about dinner, I will fill in the blanks later, obviously. The other stuff box is for Mommy, and today I added a checklist of items I wanted to get done during her nap time.
Day 1/Activity 1 (AM): Walking at Wildwood Park
Since I was having a great time on the walk, I forgot to pull out my camera, but we got some shots in the car before leaving the park. We invited my friend Patty with us and her son Darren, who is 13 months, and it was a great time. We walked from 10 am to 11:15. The kiddos snacked on goldfish and Patty and I got to have some adult convo time!
Day 1- Lunch- Eggs, Cheese, and Grapes! Yum!
Day 1/Activity 2: (PM): Outside Play: Water Table and Pool Time!
Snack: Chex Mix
Again, we invited Patty and Darren and had outdoor playtime with the new toys we bought. The table said that it provided "hours of fun" and Darren and Lucy were pretty preoccupied from about 3pm to 5 pm!
My little bear had a great day! She only napped 45 minutes today, but was tuckered out by 9 pm!!
I am so excited for tomorrow! I know it is the first day in, but I loved today so much!
