Fun Summer Photos and an Update

It's been a busy and HOT summer so far. Colby and I have gone to the park, swimming, and the movies. We went to see Madagascar 3 and Colby hasn't stopped singing Polka Dot Circus and Move It since! All while we are packing up and getting ready to move to our new house. I can't believe we actually are moving! Things are going well, we are told, and the closing on both houses should be the end of this month. So here I sit surrounded by boxes, newspaper, and bubble wrap. UGH!

For our fun family day to celebrate "America's birthday" as Colby refers to the 4th of July, Mike, Colby, and I went to Mystic Aquarium. We had taken him there for his 3rd birthday but hadn't gone since. He loved the beluga whales and penguins. But I think his favorite was the sting ray tank. Colby and I even fed the sting rays!

And now on Sunday Colby and I will be taking a few days to go to New Hampshire, Lake Winnipasaukee. My family has a house on the lake there. My mom and dad are going too and they are taking 2 of my nephews, Alex (age 9) and Keith (age 5). My mom wants to bring the boys to StoryLand. We brought Colby there last year too. Mike has to work though so just Colby and I will be going. Probably from Sun to Wed. It will be the first time we are separated as a family. Colby has had sleepovers for a night but it's never been him with just one of us. I'm a little nervous how he will react but I think having his cousins there will help.

And in other news: not only am I moving to a new house, I was just informed that the superintendent has moved my teaching position to a different school. So now I need to pack up my office and set up in a new school. Not really happy about it. I really enjoyed my other school and the people I worked with. I don't like change and moving to a new house is enough change for me. But, we'll see what happens I guess.

So, here are some great photos from our summer so far.

Mystic Aquarium

As promised, pics from the aquarium this past Saturday. Colby really enjoyed it, although at first he was very overwhelmed. I think he was amazed that the animals in his books had come alive and were right in front of him. He didn't want to touch anything, and that is HUGE! But we walked around and then saw the sea lion show. Then we walked outside adn saw the penguins and returned inside. Then Colby walked around like he knew the place and wanted to touch everything. So, the second time was the charm. He is still talking about the whales. I think they were his favorite.