My favorite days of summer (now few and far between with 4 busy kiddos) are the days when we all just get to hang out. No where to be. No where to go. No agenda. Everyone relaxed.
Unfortunately, it just really doesn't happen anymore. We might get a day here or there, but with nearly every week taken up with a camp for one of the kiddos, it just kind of throws off the schedule. Well, there's really no schedule. We did have several blissful years of "No School! Now it's Summer! Time to do NOTHING!" i.e. lovely routines of relaxing mornings, segueing into having time together doing a craft, picnic-ing in the park every day for lunch, home for nappies, up for playtime and a lemonade stand, wait for daddy to get home...bbq-ing and just sitting on the front porch watching and playing with the kids. Maybe a playdate here or there.
For years I would put up a "Summer Calendar" with something we were going to do every day. Maybe it was a special treat to make, or a craft to work on. We just lived for summer.
I guess we still -sort of- do. It's nice to have a break from homework and early mornings and being on the go-go-go. It just seems that the line is not so clear anymore between School time and Summer break. Last week was our first full week home of summer yet! First week out...traveled to graduations. Second week...traveled to Billings. Third week...my sister came home with her family, and we went to the mountains. Fourth week...went to our family reunion in Lewistown. Fifth week...traveled to Glasgow for my Aunt Helen's funeral...and last week...settled into being home and around each other and being "bored!" (The kiddos...NOT ME!) Now we have 2 1/2 weeks home before we go on vacation. Not quite enough time to really get into a summer routine. (BTW, we're filled up with camps, anyhow...) And when we get back...only 10 days until school starts.
Wah...makes me want to cry.
Because I guess even though it's not as much downtime as we used to have, I still would rather have Summer than School!
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