Summer Days: Last Days Before Summer Vacation

Yesterday was their last school lunch. It was a special menu. They had two set choices and had to make a decision two weeks in advance. My son chose the meat pie, coffee milk instead of the usual milk, and orange sorbet. The other choice was chicken cream pie, tea or apple juice and vanilla ice cream. Everyone got spaghetti and salad.

Today was the last day of school. They came home at lunch time. Students are off for six weeks. They will go back to the same class on September 1st. (New school years start in April.) Though they have homework assignments to do over the vacation, they'll have time for fun, too. Unfortunately, it was raining today. But here is something fun to do inside on rainy days.

I said in a recent post that a ball is a ball everywhere you go. Well, maybe not. These are paper balls. You blow into the hole to inflate them. They come in four sizes with a round cardboard paddle that you can cut out. The paddle has a hole for you to stick your finger through to grip it easily. You can play by yourself trying to keep the ball in the air or hit the ball to another person. The ball doesn't float so you have to be quick. They're pretty tough. They don't even break when kicked. It's fun for all ages.