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(sightly) OT: We're going to visit the Meteor Crater, the Very Large Array, and the Trinity Site for spring break. Also the National Atomic Museum (Albuquerque).

(Val, sounds thematic, may not fit in, but the Petrified Forest is about an hour and a half east of Meteor Crater on the way to Albuquerque)

As for DS7 this summer, likely theatre camp again, definitely a science camp, and if we could find a math camp that would be on radar.

Zen, It's on our "maybe" list. Depends on time. I'd really like to see it.

Wow they all sound like great plans! I especially like the Farm to Table idea. The closest one I could find was about an hour away.

MON - she LOVES Angelina Ballerina and she has recently started taking a ballet class. Everyone she meets hears all about it.

Group music class at the conservatory, vacation at Grandma and Grandpa's, learning to swim, visiting the national art gallery, picnicking, hiking, and maybe sailing or golfing.

DDs are planning our cross country trip - complete with where we're camping and what we're stopping to see. Then, of course we're taking the trip - no more details have been sorted than that. Although DD5 told us the other day we'd better get planning because it will be June before we know it! (I wish...)

My family is going to Austin where my DS will go to Camp Half Blood, a camp based on the Percy Jackson series. He's beyond excited.

We've got one DS 15 entering his Soph. year in HS next year. While we've had one DS 19 go through the same HS already, our youngest is highly involved in all facets of music (Band, Jazz Band, Choir, Marching Band, Show Choir and many of the corresponding honors musical events)

What we've learned in our school's system about such a child is that all those music activities are credit course classes, which leaves the precious class time slots open, all of which are filled with core classes. In order to make the schedule work, summer school Physical Education (required each year in our school district) is on the agenda just to fit everything in. The summer school PE class is at the same time as the local bank camp / jazz band camp, so we may being going out of the area or perhaps state to find another opportunity for those.

Our eldest DS 19 will be taking Calc 2 at the community college so he can take Physics 3 for Engineers the following fall semester at the state college. Again, scheduling problems often make our family look for alternative solutions. If you a parent of a GT child or children, expect the juggling and going to extra lengths to create opportunities and for appropriate education to continue well into your child's teens.

Almost nothing! Summer Reading Program at the library, swim lessons at the pool, playing in the backyard.
We'll probably make a list of things to do and try to do all of them. Last year we had things on it like go to the beach, find a new museum to try, visit every house in our local historical village, ride bikes up to the ice cream parlor. Simple, fun things!
Suzy

We're considering not a camp but the summer drama course, maybe. Considering taking a break from ballet ( bc they do camps and the classes are then often empty!) to fund that. Keeping an eye out for a cool science or math camp but they are $$$ and end up being a lot of babysitting. Thinking it might be time to finally start the piano lessons the grandparents offered to pay for nearly a year ago (but we were adjusting to school). Dd says she wants to do a bunch of stuff, like math, Italian, garden, yoga, sew, learn how to tie shoes... so we'll find a routine. We're experimenting with it this week during spring break. Oh, and we'll visit family and the new exploratorium in SF and some other stuff there.