The End of the Summer

In July we took a family vacation to Boston and Maine. Riley got to ride the T for the first time, and learned how to play the Wii. It was very fortunate that his cousin is also left-handed and could teach Riley how to hold the control. He became really good at bowling. Riley also enjoyed playing Lego Star Wars on the X-Box. He still talks about going back to Boston to play that game.

We also had good times at the beach in Maine and Massachusetts. The beach trips and playing video games were the highlights of our trip for Riley. We also got to meet Riley's uncle at the airport and seeing his uncle in uniform was very cool to Riley.

At the end of July the Lego store opened in our town. We went on the first day that it opened and stood in line for three and a half hours to get into the store. Having seen the store in Orlando, I thought that it was going to be a big store, but it is not. It is actually a very small space, but exciting for Riley nonetheless. Riley is really into Star Wars The Clone Wars Lego Sets and bought one that had a spider droid and a missile launcher.

In August we participated as a family in a 5K run/walk. It was a pretty tough course that we mostly walked and came in second to last. Riley walked the last half lap and did really well.

Riley also helped Mommy to set up her classroom. He was a great help getting all the milk crates out of my room and stacking them in the hallway. The stack was five crates long and six crates high when we were done. He stacked them all by himself with some help from a chair. Riley did it quietly and without knocking any over and making a big racket or mess. I was really proud of him.

We did end up finishing the Summer Reading Program at the library, and Riley got his backpack. I thought that he was going to use the backpack that we bought from LL Bean on vacation, but he decided that he wanted to use the library one instead.

Right before school started we had family friends come to town and bring their boat. Riley and his dad got to go fishing with the other boys, and Riley really had a good time out on the lake. All the boys and men caught one fish all day!