We registered Maile for Mandarin-immersion summer school through the Palo Alto school district, which went from 6/21-7/16. When we originally registered her, it was supposed to be at Palo Verde elementary school. So, I had signed her up for an after-school art program at Palo Verde. Then less than a month before summer school was to start, the district decided to move the Mandarin-immersion summer school to Ohlone, Maile's regular school and where the regular school year Mandarin-immersion program is. Now, why they didn't plan for the Chinese summer school to be there in the first place is beyond me.
By this time, most of the kids enrolled in the Chinese summer school were also signed up for after-school programs at Palo Verde. So, all of us parents had to sign the kids up to be bused to the other school. On the first day of summer school, I met Maile at the end of her class to make sure she got on the bus okay with the other kids and got to her other class at the other school okay. Another mom had the same idea. Even though it was her first time on a school bus, she did fine. I actually didn't have to be so cautious because someone from the district was there to walk the kids from their class to the bus.
After the end of Maile's summer school, we headed up to Tahoe the next day. We used our points to book the Hyatt at Incline Village.On our way up we stopped at the Nut Tree in Vacaville. The area had been recently redeveloped. The main plaza was redesigned for kids with a mini train, carousel, rocking horses, giant checkers and chess boards.
In Tahoe, we, of course, hung out at the lake. The first beach we went to wasn't so great, so we went to a different beach the next day. We went to that one twice. That one was nice because it had a little inlet.
The last beach we went to was Kings Beach, which was okay. It had an area where the sand dipped and rose by the shore, so a pool of water sat there. It looked kind of gross.
Hansel playing where's the penny with Mathis.
Beck doing his lifeguard impression.
We, also, checked out the Hyatt hotel pool.
The Hyatt timeshare resort we stayed in was nice. It was a 2-bedroom/2-bath in a semi-contemporary cabin style. Below are some photos of the kids hanging in the condo.
Pretty much every time we drove back to our place we passed by the bowling alley. Each time Beck would say he wanted to go bowling. So, on our last night in Tahoe, we took the kids bowling. It was their first time bowling. It was fun watching Beck running up with the ball and then dropping it when he got to the line.
Below is a family shot outside our condo.
On the way home we stopped at the Kidzone in Truckee. It's an indoor play place for young kids. It's on the small side but has the essentials -- train table, large indoor play structure, pretend play, arts and crafts room.
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