Park Day

We just got back from Park Day for the kids. It is 90 degrees out there. C'mon--it's February for goodness' sake! Yes, we're in TX. How did you know? ;)

Although it was hot, we had some good socializing. I'm really starting to dig Park Days again. We loved going in CA, but going here was a different story because we didn't have any local friends yet. We went because I knew we should go so we could make some friends. It felt so forced. Now that we're making some, seeing the same faces, developing an identity to the other attendees, it's becoming fun. I know that half the battle is just showing up. So we just kept showing up. Not necessarily consistently but at least every 2 weeks. And now we're makin' friends. :D

After we played chess this morning, which game my son won due to a silly oversight on my part, I had him help his sister with a Reader Rabbit Kindergarten software program. At first he was a bit miffed because he considered that program his. I explained that he wasn't in Kindergarten anymore, to which he had to sadly agree to turn the program over to his little sister.

As for what we accomplished today, the Transformer earned his Chess Belt Loop and is on his way to earning his Contenders Chess badge. He needs to play 9 more games for that as well as tell all of the names of the pieces (he got stuck on Bishop today) and define what a stalemate is.

We also went through and did some of the Tiger electives that we had been putting off. We've also committed to working on some other electives, some of which we will combine with field trips that we have been neglecting this year. In fact, I don't think we've done any school field trips this year. We've done other activities for other purposes but none specifically for school. Now that scouting is school, we'll get a lot more field trips in!

We're home for a break and to get dinner together, but then we are back out to play volleyball. No, not the kids. The husband and myself! We are joining a group of homeschooling parents in their weekly beach volleyball games to see if there is any longterm potential for us. I'm nervous but excited too.