Alicia May's June July & August

We have settled into our summer schedule.  Alicia goes to day camp during the work day.  There are 13 weeks of summer for which I needed to find some form of day camp. 

She's attending the Eagle River Parks & Recreation Summer Camp program for 8 of those weeks.  (It's the least expensive at $160/week.)  For two weeks she'll be at Trailside Discovery Camp which is facilitated by the Alaska Center for the Environment at the Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage.  One week will be spent at Girl Scout Camp.  One week at her elementary school's Ram Camp which will offer some Spanish reinforcement as well.  And the last week will be at Camp Fire - Alaska's Si La Meo camp on the campus of Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage. 

I've discovered that our child care costs double in the summer months.  We pay anywhere from $160-$250/week for summer camps.  Luckily, she seems to be enjoying herself.  The ER Parks & Rec camp goes swimming twice a week, bike day every Wednesday, and a field trip each Friday.  So, it's certainly keeping her off the streets...

We've consolidated our "extracurricular" activities to the same 2 nights/week.  On Monday and Wednesday, she has soccer practice (which she loves!) and then swimming lessons.  Those are busy days.  But with the sun still shining till around 11pm, you don't notice that you should be done for the day by 8:30pm when we're leaving the pool.