Semi-Wordless Wednesday: My Boys' Last Week of Summer!

My boys went back to school yesterday!

We packed a lot in to their final week of summer vacation:

Last Tuesday, we went to Valleyfair with their cousin:

8 roller coster rides (5 differet costers) in the first 90 minutes!


It was 100 degrees with a 116 degree heat index, but we survived in the water just fine!


We were there from open to close! (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.)

On Wednesday, Charlie had a classmate's birthday party:

Charlie on the far right.

On Thursday, we biked to the State Fair early to enter my cherry tomatoes, and then we spent the rest of the day there (until we had to go home for "back to school night" in the early evening):

My non-award-winning cherry tomatoes laid out.




The boys behind me heading across the fairgrounds!

Friday was a less exciting day as we just helped my sister-in-law move.

Saturday I went to a pre-season game with my brother-in-law Matt (AKA "New Matt"):

Then Henry and I snuck closer to the State Fair to watch some fireworks!

Sunday was another day of helping my sister-in-law move, only this time my wife went with the boys so she could see her sister's new place (and help put things away). I stayed home and started working on fall syllabi.

And on their last day of freedom on Monday, the 3 of us went to a movie:

They enjoyed it! Not my favorite Mission Impossible, but still entertaining!

And before the movie Monday was possibly my best long run ever. Good end to summer!