School's out for summer

as of yesterday.
We went to the school so the kids could pick up their report cards.

and say goodbye to their Principal.


Caleb skipped home.

We went downtown for a lunchtime concert. The band was the New Prairie Ramblers.

This guy watched me take a picture of Katie and her dimples:

We went to the library to sign the kids up for the summer reading program. Looks like there will only be one tie-in with the new Harry Potter book.

Caleb camouflaged himself in the stacks.

And, Katie found a Warriors book that she hasn't read yet.

We hung out in the quiet room for a while. (because *my* kids know how to be quiet in the library)

Then we went to the beach!



Except it was actually the park.
I took advantage of the available light to get a picture of my new bag. It was only 4.99 and it's big enough to hold two books, a magazine, my camera and a spare lens, all of my usual crap, and have room to spare.

Caleb did the ooh ow oooh ow oooh walk with a bucket of water.

and then we played a little soccer.


And then we went home and watched The Simpsons. Hope your Summer is getting off to a good start, too!