As our last week of summer draws to a close, we had to make one more trip to the beach. Benjamin had to pick up his textbooks in the morning and then we left right after that. I am so excited for all the things he's going to be learning. Well...hopefully learning. I'm really not sure how effective this online school format will be, but looking over his books, he's got some amazing things coming. I just wish he were excited about it. He wouldn't even open the books. Just shoved them aside on his desk.
The beach was crowded, as we expected on this beautiful day. However, the family next to us was a family that had adopted 9 kids from china, nearly all physically handicapped boys. They were amazing and so fun to watch. The little 7 year old without hands that swam like a fish with his little stub arms was my favorite. So impressive.
Benjamin and Christian most enjoyed diving down along the diving buoy and using it to pull themselves to greater depths. Peter and Bella and I contented ourselves with floating leisurely on top and being there to provide a floating rest spot when they needed it. We made a good team.
One funny thing happened at home today. Peter noticed that we kept using the doorknob to open the door to the basement. He decided that he'd like to try opening it. He pushed the step stool over to the door and proceeded to try. It didn't take long before he realized two things - he didn't know how to turn the knob and the very thing he needed to reach the knob was keeping him from opening the door! So cute to see him stand there so perplexed and puzzling over what to do about it. He ended up just giving up and playing with cars instead. It won't be long until doors no longer pose a hindrance for that guy.
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