I just looked at the calendar and besides noting the obvious, that it was July 5th, I realized we had been ‘in summer’ for four weeks.
A few months ago I lobbied the husband hard to not do Summer School for the kids. It’s a great program, they have a fun of fun, and it’s only three hours a day but having nothing that we had to ‘commit’ to for six weeks has made this summer a ton of fun.
It actually feels like we just ended school… We took the kids out for our road trip and that lasted two weeks. Spending each day playing games on the iThings, wandering to beautiful views in National Parks, and driving until we got tired was wonderful. A few days later, I left to go hang out in Oregon for a week. The kids just played with their aunt and uncles (three years older than Sam, basically) for a week straight and did whatever they wanted.
Then, we came home to a ‘nothing’ week which ended up being multiple playdates, two sleepovers with Grandma’s, and the 4th of July.
I’m enjoying summer.
Monday they are signed up for two straight weeks of nature camp, then they go with my Mom for 5 days in Florida (ZOMG, five days with NO KIDS IN THE HOUSE), and then two more weeks of different camps… one week of NOTHING again and then school starts.
It’s flying by. I’m working every day, of course, but I feel like the next few weeks will throw us back into a more scheduled days and what we are used to. We shall see.
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