Summer vacation sure got off to a bad start. The kids had their last day of school on a Wednesday, and by Friday they had managed to get in enough trouble that they would be grounded for the next two weeks.
Fortunately, week 2 has seen a bit of an improvement. On Tuesday, we went to the Sparks Marina with a friend of mine. Its not really a "marina", its more like a large pit that was flooded back in the late 90's and turned into a lake/park with a beach and swimming area. The water is disgusting enough that the kids bathing suits smelled pretty raunchy when we got home that night. Nevertheless, they were really well behaved kids and managed to entertain themselves for a good 6 hours.
Today, we went to Lake Tahoe. Anyone who has been to Tahoe knows that the water there is unbearably cold. Kids seem to be immune to that though. Megan, being the tomboy she is, is completely a girly girl when it comes to having unrealistic and irrational fears of nature. She refuses to go camping because she is convinced a bear will rip through her tent and eat her. She also refused to go into the lake because she was afraid the crawdads would bite her. Those fears became a reality when Jacob managed to catch one. Apparently I have to buy her a pair of crocs before she will be comfortable wading in the frigid Tahoe waters. On another note, we now have a new pet crawdad. :o)
Sounds like some fun things are happening this summer! You're giving the kids a lot of things to do, so that probably helps keep them out of trouble.
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