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 […]
summer
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!
A Perfect Afternoon
Today was one of the first afternoons this summer where I really gave myself an opportunity to just sit and rest and recharge and really enjoy a (sort of) lazy summer afternoon. Number 5 and 7 were invited to a water park with one of their swim team friends. They left the house at 9:30 […]
I Created The Problem. And Now I’m Fixing It.
We had the longest school year ever this year, and our last day of school was June 29th. Including weekends, today was our twentieth day of summer vacation. And that’s how long it took me to reach my breaking point. Twenty days. The kids have been home for three weeks, but it feels like three […]