Oh what do you do in the summertime?..........

My kids got out of school 10 weeks ago. We have filled most of our days with swim team, play dates, baseball games, swimming at the neighborhood pool and my favorite, exploring these awesome mountains.

















I am not very good at filling the summer hours with new and exciting things. I always admire those super creative and fun moms who plan a constant stream of activities and who always seem to know these secret/free ways to keep the troops happy. With swim team over and 3 more weeks to go, I am running out of ideas. A few new things we have tried....

McFlurries at the park:







(really Mcflurries and anything are becoming a bit too common for my butts' sake, however it not only makes any old park seem more exciting, but it soothes my nerves as well)

"crawfishing"






The crawdads, as we call them here, literally attack the hot dogs, making even the least patient fisher-person feel successful. We are on a strict catch-and-release program. Those years in New Orleans didn't change my mind that these little bottom-dwellers should never be boiled and consumed by humans. YUCK!!!! (I agree with you Madeline)

In general, it's been a great 3 months. My house is a mess and my brain feels like mush at the end of day, but I guess that is to be expected with four kids. Sometimes I feel like from the outside looking in, my life must look tiring, repetative and even insane. But, at least I can say, with 100% certainty, my life is never boring. Never, ever for one second. There is always, ALWAYS some thing to clean, some one to teach, some assignment to complete and a household of personalities to sort out and try to bring together.