We spent time going to the grocery store where they got to enjoy some fresh fruit while I shopped. Then Rebecca went on a lunch date with a friend of hers.
Friday afternoon, the kids spent time doing what they love. Rebecca worked on arts and crafts. Ben played with some building toys. Jacob spent time watching recorded preseason football on TV. That evening we watched "The Lego Batman" movie for our family movie night.
Saturday I ran over to the kids' school to see if the teacher lists had been posted yet and they had. The kids are happy with their class assignments so that started our day off well. Then I spent some time doing laundry and doing some cleaning. After that I sat down with Rebecca to play a game of Monopoly. She was killing me when Bill came home from work. Thankfully, he took my place so that I could make dinner. After dinner, he ended up beating her at the game!
Sunday, we slept in and just relaxed. After lunch, we decided to head out and explore a couple of the trails at the Brown Family Environmental Center that we had never been to before. It was a great day for a hike.
We ended up taking the Fern Trail, which when we were done we saw on the sign was a steep, moderate trail. It WAS steep, in that it went uphill for over half a mile! It was definitely a good workout.
We also saw lots of signs of nature, including mushrooms, butterflies and of course lovely flowers.
As we came off the trail, we discovered a natural playground for the kids to play around on. They loved climbing on the rocks and playing on the teeter-totter.
Sunday night, we started our back to school routine of getting to bed on time after laying out clothes, etc. Can't believe that it was our last weekend of Summer vacation. Time flies when you are having fun I guess.
You have the coolest trails around there! Did your kids have to start back on Monday? That's rough although it certainly sounds like you made the most of your weekend. My two start back tomorrow and it should make for an interesting morning since even last night they stayed up super late and are sleeping in today. Happy school year!
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