Our neighborhood does a fun kids parade on the 24th of July and this year our kids all agreed to decorate Teegans motorized truck and ride together. The parade starts off with a fire truck leading the way. After the parade we all have breakfast in the street and the fire truck hooks up to the fire hydrant and sprays all of the kids (or at least the kids who want to get sprayed). It is always a good time!
Later in the day we drove up to Oakley and had our first sleepover at the Cabin.
Teegan and his cousin Anna participated in a Soccer Camp in July. It was sponsored by Challenger British Soccer. Hundreds of coaches come from Europe and hold camps throughout the United States and Canada throughout the entire summer. The camp is 4 days long, 6 hours a day. The camp ran during the WorldCup and each team (by age group) where named a country. Teegan was little Scotland and Anna was big Scotland. The last day of camp they had a WorldCup tournament and little Scotland lost to Japan. It was a huge disappointment to all parents as little Scotland should have won. :)
Teegan's coach was from Scotland and her name was Lucy - and here is what she had to say about Teegan: "Well done this week Teegan! Your dribbling skills are coming along great, and you are brilliant at changing direction with your soccer ball whilst keeping control, good job! Keep practicing! But remember to always listen to coach when they are speaking! Hope to see you next summer!" Coach Lucy
This has been one of the best summers for taking advantage of every bit of space we have in our garden. Within the garden you can find three types of lettuce, 4 rows of peas, peppers, 20+ tomato plants, 2 cucumber (and 50+ volunteer cucumbers), 4 watermelon plants, 20 pumpkin plants, and 2 rows of corn. There may be more and my numbers may be off since Neil and Teegan are our gardners. In addition to all of this we have a 2 lane dirt bike track that runs around the garden. And a smaller water run for monster trucks.
The kids love the garden and so do we!!
The kids participated in the Mountair Mile again this year. The Mountair Mile is a kids race where all entry fee's and donations are for the Sharing Place. The Sharing Place is a non-profit organization for grieving children who have lost loved ones.
In past years I have ran with the twins in the jogging stroller. This was the first year that Ryton wanted to ride his bike. I was a little worried about him making it the full mile, but he made it the entire way. He rode his bike the full mile and did not want to run the last 1/4.
And then there is Jaida, who wanted to ride in the stroller with mom.
Teegan is no longer a Kindergartener.
His last day was June 8th and he is now officially a 1st Grader!
I'm so proud of him and all of the accomplishments and friends he made during the school year.
It is absolutely impressive how much he has learned.
Now here comes Teegan, ready for SUMMER BREAK!
Is dad ready for summer break?
