Today was our first official day of summer. Here’s how we spent a big chunk of it. It was a good day.
summer
Lessons From My 11-Year-Old
I don’t know if you remember, but back in March when we were 15 days into the Pandemic and the kids were really over winter and couldn’t wait to go swimming, I wrote this post. They were so desperate to be in a pool that they had filled up a garbage can with water and […]
Meltdown Day
Our last day of school was on June 19th which was three weeks (and one day) ago. Leading up to June 19th, the weather here in CT sort of sucked. We had a lot of rain and it seemed like the sun was never going to come out and stay out and summer weather would […]
In This House We Do Half And Half Summers
Yesterday a friend of mine shared this (from Smashed Peas and Carrots) on her Facebook wall: I love this. In theory. And I know it works for some people. Maybe it works for most of the people. But for me it doesn’t work. Not all of it, anyway. We do the sleeping as late as […]
What Do You Do During The Summer With Your Kids?
I got a message last week asking the following question: I would love to see a post though on what you do during summer, etc. Do you go out all the time? Do you have a billion “playdates” for the kids? Do you hit every local museum or theme park? Do you feel like you […]
Day 1
Today was Day 1 of our 3 night/4 day mini vacation. It was awesome. And it didn’t really start until 4 p.m. Can’t wait for tomorrow!