Summer!

It is officially summer at our house. The school books have been replaced with the never ending display of swim suits and soggy towels. The magnolia tree is in full, glossy bloom. Weeds are growing prolifically among the herbs and flowers. The nights and mornings are cool and we fling the windows open only to close them around lunch time and give in to turning on the a/c. The boys are constantly hungry and their hair is bleaching even blonder from hours in the sun. I am making countless batches of granola bars for on-the go snacks. Clothes flap on the line. A fully stocked pool bag sits ready and waiting by the backdoor.

Aaron is working on getting his Education Specialist degree. He is enrolled in a year-long cohort program and his classes began yesterday. He will be gone 3 days a week for the month of June. This makes our summer different from the past few summers, but we bought a family membership to the city pool so we should be able to keep ourselves occupied while he is away.

The boys love the pool! We have been 3 days in a row since we got our membership. They are pretty excited by the fact that we can just load up and go to the pool whenever we want. "Really mama! Every day if we wanted to?! That is awesome!" Nathaniel pretty much jumped right in and is a good little swimmer, although he still doesn't swim very far. Jeremiah was his usual more cautious self. Only yesterday did he start testing out his ability to swim without his kick-board. He is a good swimmer, he just likes to take his time getting used to using his skill.

There is a lot of change in the air. Certain chapters are closing and new ones are beginning. The year ahead is appearing to end up fuller and a tad busier than we had originally planned. But for right now we are embracing the slow, hot, activity filled days of summer.