Summer time
Summer time is in full swing and oh my gosh I’m loving it! My work schedule, although? Not a lot. Carving out time to weblog is difficult however I’ve been doing this for 15+ years so luckily I do know this comes and goes and the time to dive into the weblog extra deeply will floor once more. Since we have now principally zero camps booked for our boys this summer season (okay, one, and it’s a one-week morning VBS camp), I’m totally immersed in summer season mother mode which implies our days are crammed with pool time, lake time, playdates with buddies, park visits, bike rides, Pepper walks and one million a great deal of laundry, 99% of that are seaside towels.
Yesterday was such an excellent one as we had buddies over and the youngsters didn’t step foot inside for almost 5 hours. Chase and his pal Tommy are one hundred pc obsessive about fishing and fished continuous off our dock and on the fringe of the lake for 3+ hours straight.
They caught a bunch of sunnies however the catch of the day got here when Tommy reeled in a 21-inch catfish. The catfish wriggled towards me within the towel Tommy was holding as I measured it and I feel my scream may very well be heard miles away. The important thing to their fishing success? Frozen shrimp!
One other spotlight of the day yesterday got here after we walked Chase to neighbor’s home for a morning mini sports activities camp of types. Our neighbor’s twin teenage sons hosted a bunch of elementary-aged faculty boys for a morning of outside video games and lake enjoyable (in lifejackets) for $25 a child and I assumed this was the good concept!! Chase was in heaven and is hoping they’ll do it once more quickly. I may completely see our boys organizing one thing like this for youthful children sooner or later, particularly if it entails fishing, lake enjoyable, and so on.
Rhett additionally had an important concept within the late afternoon when he recommended busting out our outdated water bounce home!
My pal Carrie and I needed to giggle as some severe mayhem ensued and I feel it could be time to improve our water bounce home to one thing larger as WrestleMania wants just a little extra space. Positively let me know you probably have any suggestions for a water bounce home that works nicely for larger children. We’ve cherished the one we’ve had for years (it was a implausible present from my mother-in-law when the large children have been toddlers) however I’m considering a bigger one may make an excellent mixture birthday present for our three summer season birthday boys.
Orlando Ladies’ Journey
Backing up a bit, one other early summer season spotlight occurred for me final weekend after I made my approach to Orlando for a ladies’ weekend with my school buddies.
Each single individual in our eight-woman crew made it which was such a deal with, as various schedules and household commitments usually make this subsequent to not possible. It was completely fantastic to be collectively and our location was good as Orlando has tons of flight choices for simple journey and our resort choice was implausible.
We stayed on the J.W. Marriott, a resort I principally bear in mind from my school days working as an intern for SeaWorld in school after I used to ship brochures to the resort in my Shamumobile (sure, actually). Fortunately no brochure supply occurred throughout this go to as we principally spent our time sipping drinks as we floated alongside within the lazy river. Heaven!
We additionally crammed our time with waterslides (I laughed so exhausting), dwell music, unworn outfits, piano bar scream-singing, caftails (cocktails + caftans — apparently it’s a factor), dancing, school reminiscing and hours and hours of speaking and laughing.
I miss these girls so, a lot and being collectively felt like essentially the most relaxed and fantastic type of enjoyable. They’re the perfect and we’re already planning our subsequent journey!
And now since all of our early birds are awake, it’s time to get this summer season Wednesday rockin’! We’re internet hosting one other playdate at our home immediately and I’m hoping to squeeze in a fast exercise earlier than the insanity begins. Hope you all have an important day!!
