When I think about the days before summer started I had really only planned a few things. I still needed to work but I wanted the summer time focus to be on the time the kids and I spent together not the days Mommy wasn't there because she was working.
Even though school did not get out until the first week of June, it feels like our summertime started with our weekend at Camp LuCK. Since then we have spent several days at the library and Katie completed her summer reading challenge and will pick up her prize for completion this Friday. Towards the end of June, all three children were able to go to Vacation Bible School everyday for a week and they thoroughly enjoyed it. They are still singing the songs around the house.
With our membership at the Recreation Center, we have spent even more days swimming at the outdoor water park. We were able to take advantage of the free admission day at Discovery Place, which despite the few set backs it was a great day. The 4th of July celebration in town was a wonderful way to spend the morning and be just a few miles from home to be back by lunch time for naps.
I had also originally signed Katie up for a summer session of cheer leading, however with the goings on mentioned above where in the world would she make the time to go. So, I withdrew her for the summer. Surprisingly enough she was not disappointed. This was a huge relief for me.
So for the first, 6-7 weeks of the summer I feel like we left nothing out. To see the kids exhausted at the end of the day and ready to sleep I feel like I have done my job. Most importantly, I very rarely hear, "Mommy when will you be home." Most of the time they ask me what are we doing on your day off? Although it has been a very full agenda we have very lucky that most of theses events have had little or no cost.
With the help of friends, co-workers, and family I was able to find the free events that were lots of fun. For those events that did have a cost involved we were able to get a discounted rate just by asking or because we have more than one child. Most importantly we had a little help from family and we wanted to say THANK YOU!
With the struggles we have endured over the past two years with Maddie's medical bills of which we are still paying on, Phil's work getting really slow and simply trying to make ends meet things have been a challenge. One of my most important goals during this time is too make sure the kids don't feel like they are missing out. So far I feel like we have accomplished that but not without lots of help.
As I look at the calender for the rest of the summer it is even more slapped full than the first half. I hope I survive it. More importantly I hope when the summer come to a close the kids will have great stories to tell at school with their classmates and I won't ever hear, I wish we would have done this. Pictures and stories of the second half of summer will appear as the events happen. I can't wait to share some of them.
Hope your summer is going as well.
TTFN~
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