First Day of Summer

Yes!  We have officially made it to summer.  Aside from the dreadful humidity I really enjoy so many things about this season.  The warm weather, swimming, riding my bike (yeah, I need to get that thing out of the garage and wipe the dust off), bringing the kids to different parks and playgrounds, barbecues, ball games, the nearby amusement park and well ... anything outdoors.

This summer I am going to strive to make it as fun as possible with the family.  The television will be turned off for most of the day while we spend as much time outside in the fresh air.  The mornings are the best time to be outside before the humidity kicks in.

Today I decided to put the housework aside and just have fun with the kids.  I spend so much time worrying about what needs to be done and need to remind myself that it's more important to make enough time to play and enjoy life.  I took the kids in the backyard and played in the sand box, on the swing set and even had a water gun fight before the two of them splashed in the baby pool.  Brianna, who is usually fussy about getting wet, didn't seem to mind getting squirted or soaking in the pool.

Then we headed inside for lunch and laid Brianna down for her nap.  Matthew and I played one round of Chuggington (one of his favorite board games) and then I allowed him to play some video games while I did my exercise routine.  Now I'm giving myself a moment to blog before everything begins again.  Actually, Matthew is begging for a snack so I guess my time is up.

Wishing everyone a happy and fun summer.