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再過一周就要放暑假了,留留的 summer camps 終於大致底定.既然小熊媽問起,就記在這裡吧!

Week 01: 早上游泳課,下午 Horseback riding camp (1PM to 5PM), 需要準備的有 riding boots/paddock boots, riding helmet, knee high socks. 禮拜五下午 3:30PM 有 end of the camp horse show.

Week 02: 早上游泳課,下午 Science camp (1:30PM to 4:30PM) Experiment list:

• Sound Effects: Discover how to amplify very small sounds into incredibly loud sounds without using any electricity.
• Echoes: Create loud echoes and waves of all sorts with a slinky spring and two cups.
• Glove Bagpipes: I bet parents really hate this one! A latex glove carefully placed on a tube and inflated can create the most marvelously loud foghorn sound.
• Mirror Masks: You can see out but they cannot see in!
• Marshmallow Cannons: Shoot marshmallows around corners!
  
• Catapults: Build a catapult and use it to launch stuff all over the lab.
• Spin Art: Spin white cardboard with an electric motor and then see what happens when you put ink on it!
• Foam Cutters: Make a 3-D puzzle out of styrofoam and challenge your parents to put it together.
• Shrinky Dinks: An artistic way to recycle those plastic containers.
• Hovercraft: Make hovercrafts and race them down an inclined plane. Fly a leaf-blower-powered hovercraft in the paved area.
• Loop-de-loop Flyers: Make an aircraft and try flying it by hand. Then add weight to balance it and a rubber band launcher to make it fly high and do barrel rolls in the sky.
• Squirt Guns: Make a water pump and then discover which nozzle will squirt the furthest.
• Bouncing Goo: Yes, there is nothing like gooey, slimy, and stretchy stuff!
• Gyro on a String: It spins, it whistles, and it doesn't always do what you want it to!
• Tops: Make tops that flip over, create colors, and zoom across the floor sideways.
• Magnetic Creatures: Create a colorful alien that moves at your command.

 

Week 03: All sports camp (9AM to 4PM), including basketball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, flag football, baseball/softball, swimming, badminton, kickball, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee. 需要準備的東西有 Baseball/softball glove, cleats (if desired), tennis racket, swimsuit and towel (on designated swimming days)

Week 04: no camp scheduled.  Preserve for travel.

Week 05: All sports camp again (9AM to 4PM), 傍晚游泳課.

Week 06: no camp scheduled. 傍晚游泳課.

Week 07 and 08: Theater camp (8:30AM to 3:30PM) 這期 camp 的劇碼是 Pinocchio (小木偶奇遇記),最後一天禮拜五下午有演出.傍晚游泳課.

目前只打算排到這裡, week 08 之後離開學還有三周半,大概帶著兩個孩子在附近跑跑動物園公園海洋館太平洋岸吧!今年暑假活動安排的藝術是不能太空,晚上跟妹妹奮鬥的媽媽乳牛要趁留留去 camp 的時候補眠,但是同時也不能填的太滿,還要留時間給眾多 play dates and sleep-overs! Week 08 的那個周末排了三天兩夜的年度海邊露營,這個露營儼然成為我們家的傳統,今年是第五年了.另外我刻意把游泳課排在一大早和傍晚的時段,去年夏天 sunscreen 實在用的好兇,今年陪在泳池邊的還有妹妹,我想我會幫兩個小孩擦防曬油擦到做噩夢.

We are surely going to have a fun summer!

[小小補充] 暑假中德文和鋼琴繼續.周末大概會跟羅曼瑞茲家泡在泳池吧!上次去的那個 Saratoga 私人泳池只有會員和會員帶的朋友可以使用,羅曼瑞茲家 是會員,我們已經跟他們說好由他們帶我們進去!
 

[再小小補充] 留留的游泳程度已經可以去 swim team 了,可是他只想上游泳課,不想 compete yet. 我正在頭痛他的 sports 都是 individual sports, 以前踢過三季的 soccer 現在不想踢了,滑雪隊只有冬天才有,我要來找一個他有興趣的非冬季 team sports!