I have a love/hate relationship with summer and its relaxed schedule, which sometimes drives me to madness! Mostly I love that a more relaxed schedule means later bedtime and more family time. The early sun means I can exercise in the morning and have my afternoons wholly devoted to family time. We can go to the pool or the mountains or just on a walk around the loop (our equivalent of the block).
We have a lot of coming and going in our blended family. During the school summer break, we add in summer trips, camps and sleepovers...well, it gets a bit nuts.
One is spending time with her mother.
One went to church camp for a week, and came home all independent.
One is itching to do more with friends, but is somewhat trapped in the house.
The "baby" just wants to play video games and ride a scooter all day, annoys the older siblings in the process.
We did manage a family vacation for a week at the beach. There is a trip to visit grandparents and the Midwest, plus a girlfriend getaways still to come. We are down to six weeks left of summer vacation - oh my!
There are some things we need to complete in order to finish the summer satisfactorily:
Hike Mount LeConte with the Teen Boy.
Make more snow cones.
Go kayaking.
Memorize a Bible chapter.
Enjoy fireworks together.
Lesiurely drive through Cades Cove.
Roadtrip to somewhere fun.
Have more friends over.
Read more. Play more. Ride more.
Visit Burger Master.
Ride Go Karts.
Summer days are long, but the weeks are truly fleeting. I truly do treasure the days of less pressure and stress. Keep it up, moms, your summer days are floating by and your children will remember the investment you make in their wonder.
