first day of summer vacation

HOORAY!!!

I love summer

I really do

but truth be told.....come late July, I'm ready for a little routine

I know you think I'm a bad mom, but let me explain

if i lived in some precious coastal cottage, driving my light blue convertible bug,

sportin' my perpetual tan, my havaianas & i would be loving this first day of summer break

but as reality would have it

we have no neighborhood pool

and sadly i live hours from the white sanded crystal blue water that i love

so at 8:00 am when Caroline asks me , for what I'm certain will be the first of hundreds

"can we go to the pool today"

"no sweetie, its supposed to rain"

I begin to wonder how my compulsive self who loves a clean tidy white house (insert this confession= i honestly feel if my home were on the beach I'd be completely contented having sand on my hardwood floors and perpetual smudges on my white slip covered furniture) but since i have neither the hardwoods nor the white slipcovers, i exist in this conflicted state of wanting to enjoy having kids and teenagers constantly in my home and my insatiable desire to have order! ha!

then my witty hubby emails me this morning to ask how my first day of summer vacation is going

he very cutely asks~

What is your plan for the day?

Since the girls are all home, I guess its something like.........

1. make a hot breakfast for all

2. have a 'family clean the house' morning

3. help Caroline set up a kool-aid stand to raise money for the missionaries

4. eat lunch consisting of grilled chicken ceasar salads and homemade lemonade

( from the said lemonade stand)

5. take a trip to the park

such a funny boy

I'm sure he'll enjoy his leftovers tonight

So here's to summer~~

I promise to try to let things go

play cards and games at the drop of a hat

not vacuum every day

enjoy pbj's

welcome any and every teenager

count down the sleeps until i get my 7 sacred days on the gulf shore

and come September when I'm knee deep in carpool commitments and football games,

I'll be wishing it was the 'first day of summer vacation'

a few of my belated April showers bringing may showers post

cracking up at caroline's buff -horsing around self during my attempted photoshoot

ps-- i'm so proud of how all you girlies finished up your school year.

SMK-- GPA 96.17--all advanced , honors and gifted classes

CEK--excelled in reading and being a teacher's helper

EAK-- honor roll & class award in math

MGK--honor roll & highest gpa for language arts

ya'll rock!!