It's funny because we've been crazy busy, but we've also had a lot of down time where we are just hanging out and doing, well, nothing, just like summer should be! There is something on the calendar for every day so far, but between events, we do whatever it is we feel like doing that day. For example, the other day, I had a sitter while I went to yoga. Then, when I came home, the kids spent the next 4 hours,yes, 4 hours, playing imaginary games with each other before it was time to eat dinner and head to VBS! They played pirate, built with Legos, played restaurant, and other things I'm not even sure of. They didn't need, or want, me for any of it so I was able to mow the lawn and do laundry! I even got to watch about 20 minutes of TV while I folded clothes and they happily built things in the basement! Thus far, it has been the perfect summer and I've got the pictures to prove it!
...at least with pictures. Last summer, I had a huge Mommy Fail. I forgot to take any sort of pictures of my darling daughter with her trophy after her last baseball game. I had to pose the picture after I remembered I didn't take one a week or so later. This year, I was on top of it! I've been trying to document every last thing we have been up to this summer with pictures. Summer is going by so quickly that I don't want to forget a single thing. This summer has been nothing less than awesome. It makes me so sad that there are only 4 weeks left. We are going to make the most out of the time we still have. It's funny because we've been crazy busy, but we've also had a lot of down time where we are just hanging out and doing, well, nothing, just like summer should be! There is something on the calendar for every day so far, but between events, we do whatever it is we feel like doing that day. For example, the other day, I had a sitter while I went to yoga. Then, when I came home, the kids spent the next 4 hours,yes, 4 hours, playing imaginary games with each other before it was time to eat dinner and head to VBS! They played pirate, built with Legos, played restaurant, and other things I'm not even sure of. They didn't need, or want, me for any of it so I was able to mow the lawn and do laundry! I even got to watch about 20 minutes of TV while I folded clothes and they happily built things in the basement! Thus far, it has been the perfect summer and I've got the pictures to prove it! The grandpas' birthdays are also in the summer, only 3 days apart. We made some pretty cute cards. My dad can't stand dandelions in his yard, so we thought the "dandy'lion'" card would be cute for Papa. Of course we've done science experiments! We melted styrofoam packing peanuts in acetone nail polish remover. Cups are lined with foil so that the acetone doesn't eat away the plastic. Then, we talked about surface tension with the milk, food coloring, and dish soap experiment. Video is courtesy of Monster's cinematography. The blue and red didn't work as well as the yellow and red. Since science is actually one of my worst areas, I'm not sure why, and we tested it several times. And we've made some yummy fruit pops and fruit and yogurt pops (didn't get a picture of the fruit and yogurt). Both are so simple to make! For the fruit pops you just slice up fruit, put it in the mold and then top it off with coconut water. Fruit and yogurt are literally just that....fruit and yogurt. I mixed a peach and yogurt in a huge bowl and them spooned it into the molds. Easy peasy! We have also started back to school shopping, which has made me very sad. I know these next few weeks are going to fly by. This time is so precious and I don't want to miss or waste a single moment of it!
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