Music Monday will be going on hiatus for the summer so I can bring you our weekly recaps.  I will be highlighting all the fun pictures and activities we have planned for this summer.  Eight weeks of fun! The twins arrive last Tuesday and we immediately jumped into summer activities.  Before they arrived, I used my Stampin' Up Epic Day This and That Journal to create our summer bucket list notebook.  Each activity has it's own page in the notebook along with any pertinent information (address, price, hours, etc).  As we complete an activity, it will be checked off in the notebook.

Also, I have devised a weekly schedule to help us stay on top of things and attempt to keep my sanity dealing with two 11 year olds and a 7 month old.

• Monday -- Excursion (mini golf, beach, Great America, etc)
• Tuesday -- Library for books (twins) and storytime (Arthur); Errands day
• Wednesday -- Morning at home; Park baby playdate for afternoon
• Thursday -- Walk (Cuesta or Deer Hollow Farm); Errand/home afternoon
• Friday -- Excursion
• Saturday -- Family excursion or home day
• Sunday -- Family excursion or home day

On to the recap...

Tuesday

Their plane was delayed almost 6 hours due to mechanical issues.  A new plane had to be flown in.  They were supposed to arrive at 11am, but got in at 5pm.  We picked up Wendy's for dinner and went home to relax.  I was hoping they would go to bed early.  I had a co-op board meeting so I left at 7pm.  I came home at 10:30 to find the twins still awake!  Needless to say Wednesday morning was a challenge.

Wednesday

Our first day of events!  After dropping J off at work, we set off for Half Price Books in Fremont.  We had four bags of books and cds to sell.  Of course, I let the boys each pick a few books and even snagged a few board books for Arthur.  Unfortunately, HPB took almost 1 1/2 hours to sort our things. I thought we were going to have a meltdown from all three boys.

After checking out, we headed over to Target for shoes.  The boys came with flip flops and crocs.  Neither of which are good for running around or amusement parks.  We found one pair of back strap sandals in their size, but only one.  thankfully there is a Target right next to Chick-Fil-A where we were picking up lunch.

After lunch we headed over to Rengstorff Park for our weekly playdate.  The twins played on the playground or chilled with us.  This will be a weekly event. At 5pm, we headed home for start dinner (ravioli and tortellini) and relax.

Thursday

In the morning we headed to Cuesta Park for our every other week walk with the mom's group.  The twins played on the playground or read/played iPad on the blanket.  We headed home for lunch and an afternoon by the pool.  Even Arthur joined in on our pool visit.  Every time the twins came near the steps, Arthur tried to launch himself into the water.  Pretty cute!

Friday

Friday was our first big excursion day.  The twins chose Great America.  We loaded up, dropped off J, and headed over right at opening time.  Unfortunately we had to get our season passes processed so that ate up about 20 minutes.  After that we circled the park twice, the twins riding their favorites and Arthur and I hanging out and people watching.  We ate lunch at our favorite spot: Joe Cool Cafe.  Before leaving Arthur and I rode the carousel (in one of the chariots) and the twins souvenir shopped (only one got something).  Four hours at Great America and I was beat!

Saturday

After a late start to the day, we headed over to Boudin Bakery for lunch before traveling to San Jose (only a 15 minute trip).  I had printed free passes to the SJ Museum of Art from our library program.  Turns out it was Community Day and the museum was free for everyone.  Oh well!  We toured the small museum of mostly modern art and the twins participated in a few crafts.  We didn't get out of there until almost 3pm causing Arthur's nap schedule to be off and missing the co-op playdate.  Next time...

Sunday

Sunday was to be a chill day at home.  The boys and I ventured over the Sunnyvale Art and Wine festival (one block away!), looked at the art, and grabbed some kettle corn for later.  We hit the festival right when it opened at 10am and good thing.  The temperature kept going up all day.  We stayed in the rest of the day playing video games and hanging out.