Summer of Fun

My apologies for the long wait between posts. You see, we got new phones last month--my Mother's Day present and the coolest, best thing I've gotten in a long, long time. I love it, and the camera on my phone is actually better than my point-n-shoot, and has it's own awesome editing software right on the phone...so, yeah. I've been taking a lot of pictures, but not really putting them anywhere! I promise to be better about uploading them!

Things here in northeast Ohio are...wonderful. Really. Summer has finally arrived, with its fresh grass clippings and warmer temps and no school. The kids and I are having a blast, going to parks and the pool and the beach, riding bikes and eating popsicles and doing all of that fun summer stuff. I really want this summer to be about fun and sunshine, giving us lots of good, happy, warm memories to stuff away and pull out during the cold, long winter (which is, thankfully, far far away still). I joked the other day that I want my toughest decisions this summer to be: pool or beach?; beer or wine?; and peanut butter or ham 'n cheese sandwiches? We've literally eaten every single lunch this week outdoors, and it is heaven:) (My kitchen likes it too! lol)

So here is to a summer of fun and memories. A summer of laughter and smiles, popsicle tongues and dirty bare feet. A summer of splashing and swimming, swinging and sliding, and having the best time we can possibly have. Together:)

On a side note, at the pool the other day (LOVING our Y membership, the pool is very close and so much fun!) I was watching a mother with a 3 month old baby and a 2 year old son try to juggle it all. She was feeding the baby and trying to keep an eye on her toddler, coaxing him to come closer, be careful, stay within sight. The baby started fussing and she looked over at me and the kids who were eating sandwiches and carrot sticks and juice boxes in our deck chairs, and she said, "I am so envious of you right now, you have no idea." I laughed. Oh how I laughed, because I DO have an idea, because I used to be her and I remember those days and how I longed for the time when my kids would be old enough to sit in chairs and eat their lunch and then swim and splash nearby. IT. HAS. ARRIVED. And I am truly loving this stage of motherhood, no diapers, no babies, just me and my littles, who have really become my very best buddies.

It's going to be a fantastic summer:)