What we did on our summer vacation...
  Once again we spent the summer in London. We had a really good summer. I was able to play mom, alsmost every day. Unfortunately for Morgan, his summer camp program was cancelled due to renovations, so he had to come with me to the office every day for 5 weeks. Contrary to expectations, Morgan was great in the office and we had a super time. In fact I missed him when he went to sports camp at the end of the summer.
 


Morgan is a great companion with a good sense of humor. We spent most of our time goofing and playing games. Morgan kept himself busy in the office by getting his own email account (mtc_freeman@hotmail.com) so he could keep in touch with his buddies. He also practiced his multiplication tables by working on a boring math workbook, played computer games and did a lot of reading. At least once a week we tried to get out of the office and do something special. We saw some theatre, including West Side Story, and went to anamusement park. Overall it was a very positive experience for both of us.

 

 

Spikey attended daycare, but unfortunately the daycare closed for 3 weeks in August. So when Morgan started his sports camp, Spike started vacation. So I didn't have much vacation.

For Spikey's time off, I had no pretenseof trying to get any work done, and we just spent time together doing her kind of activities. We went to petting zoos, playgrounds, playcenters, museums and even her first theatre: Thumbelina. Click here for Spike's Summer Adventures.
   
 
  We did our usual walking in the British countryside on the weekends. We came across many picturesque places.
 

 

We went to deer parks, walked in forests, along ponds, and across fields, an all around good time
  Morgan, of course would not be swayed by the natural beauty and kept his head in the books. He learned to walk and read at the same time and even read an entire 200 page book during one of Sunday hikes. He really got into reading this sumer and read all of the Harry Potter books and got into Redwall series, about forest creatures where the good creatures always triumph over the bad. There re 12 books in the series and each is nearly 400 pages long. Morgan has already read five of the books and is still facinated.
 
 

 

Spikey's Summer 99 Adventures

Fishing with Nigel

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