Week Five Already??

This summer vacation thing is more than halfway through. Whoa.

Monday was library day, as usual!
These are the Summer Reading Program games that my boys are so into.

You see, you start by the star fish in the corner and color in boxes when you accomplish each task. Whenever you reach an octopus, there will be a place to put a sticker. The boys finished their game already. Adel has six more squares to do- just one more sticker left to get! At the end of the summer, all the kids who completed the game will be entered in a raffle for a prize.

On Tuesday we packed up three packages to take to the post office. Two were returns to stores and one was a special fun package for our friends.

The boys had never been to a post office before, and it was a fun and educational experience.
Swarming our friends' package with stickers wasn't quite as educational, but it was every bit as fun!

On the way home from the post office (or poster as Gedalya calls it), the sun was beginning to descend. The light shone so warmly, softly and clearly. It lit up the kids' faces and eyes with such a glow. I loved the contrast of the last spot of light amongst descending twilight in this photo.

It made Adi's eyes look almost transparent.

Yeah... Adel chipped a tooth. Dunno when or how or why. Some time within the last three weeks. Poor girlie.

Wednesday was extra super-duper fun! We went to the Brooklyn Children's Museum for the first time.

Much fun was had by all!
All the juicy details in an upcoming post. :)

Then on Thursday we were going to have a quiet day... rest up from the museum trip, do some shopping, play in the park. Then the bell rang and the postman brought us something! It was the S2H Replays we ordered!

These watches monitor your physical activity. It will not register regular walking; the activity needs to be more intense. Throughout the day, the longer you exercise, the more bars get filled up on the screen.

When they are all full, the watch generates a code which you enter on the S2H site and redeem for prizes!

While you are exercising, you can switch on your "personal trainer" as they call it. (LOL!)
It's a face that smiles when you are active and filling up the bars, and frowns when you are not.

It takes one hour of activity to get a code. Both boys got their codes on the first day! They are really trying to be more active, and if they find themselves with nothing to do, they will choose to race around the house rather than sit around.
The customer service is great, as well. At first these were advertised as waterproof, but when it didn't live up to that standard, they removed that statement from their site and replaced the watches for free when they got ruined!
They are $20 each. I have a 20% coupon code for anyone who is thinking of getting one of these, so if you want it, lemme know!

Friday was plain old Shabbos prep.
Sunday we went to Kids' Gym! It's an indoor park in the basement of a shul right around the corner from me, and it's only open in the summer. We go every year! I'll post all about it soon. :)