Apparently, summer is over. I’m still not sure how that happened. Three months ago when preschool ended I made a master list of things I wanted to do. I even divided it into categories and made a master schedule for what days of the week I would attack different types of goals. Then I never looked at it until yesterday. Instead of feeling bummed that I didn’t successfully micromanage our summer, I’m doing a recap of the fun things we did do (and even without careful scheduling we did manage to do a few of the things on my list).

In addition to meeting our new cousin/nephew, camping, and hosting visitors we’ve also gone to weekly summer clubhouse movies,

had weekly park days with friends,

attended art playdates hosted by my talented friend,

splashed in the pool in the backyard,

visited The Splash (Cooper is a water slide addict!),

 enjoyed lots of rain (it has been such a mild summer here),

just chilled in the backyard,

considered starting a nudist colony repeatedly found Ellen wandering around in all sorts of outfits,  some more preferable to others,

Visited the Botanic Gardens with our friends Russell and Jessica,

found a few geocaches (the kids love it since it’s like treasure hunting),

eaten ice cream,

finally taken a ride on the 1¢ horse at the grocery store, 

indulged in donuts after our last summer speech session,

and found Ellen sleeping all sorts of places since she fights naps, but still needs them now and again.

Overall, I’d say summer wasn’t too shabby. Only a whole school year before we get another shot at it.