1.Bikes—Anytime Eliza is board the first thing out of her mouth is…can we ride bikes? She is actually getting rather good.
2.Fresh beans and peas from the garden…tragically we only got about six pea plants…it is rather tricky to eat those without the girls noticing.
3.Fans…our poor dad wouldn’t be able to sleep at night without the fan in the window running all night.
4.Walks…it is the same route every time but is always a hit from the flowers to pick to the water drain…everything is captivating.
5.Weeding with Peggy…the sweet new neighbor next door.
6.OTTER POPS…how did we ever survive summer before? Seriously we eat a lot…Peggy even came over to tell me their on sale at Safeway this week…what a great neighbor.
7.Summer Flex Days…Daniel’s company started this…he works four 10 hour days and gets Friday off (or at least part of Friday)…last week we took the girls swimming…fun but not as fun as talking about it the rest of the day.
8.Watering Days…we have a water restriction in our neighborhood so we can only water certain days of the week…but when we water…we WATER…we water the lawn, the garden, the dead spots in the lawn, and our sisters…Eliza and Liesel were playing with the hose the other day…Liesel had the hose and within a few minutes both were soaked to the bone…isn’t water fantastic?
9.Potty Training…Eliza is doing awesome…the princess doll was just the trick to get her motivated…she’ll just go in and go to the bathroom without even telling me…that seems fantastic.
10.Martina McBride…Daniel and I are going to her concert in Denver this weekend to celebrate our anniversary…I can hardly sleep at night I am so excited.
So what are your summer survival tricks? I’d love to have some more great ideas…happy surviving!
Claire’s eyes
2 months ago
5 comments:
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Our summer survival is STAY INSIDE!! It is HOT in Mississippi!!...but we like to fill up the little pool for Carter to play in, go to the resort town a few miles away and go swimming...we are with you on the Otter Pops!(although Josh eats most of them)I don't have anything very original that we do. Books books books...I think our summers here are more like winters up north...we have to stay in to protect ourselves from the extreme heat...once winter comes we will be outside more! Like always your girls are adorable! And hooray for a concert!!
I loved your post! Lydia is just getting cuter and cuter! I am sure Eliza is an amazing bike rider. We sure miss you!
Jill- I love your pictures, especially the one of Lydia! We definatly use the bikes a lot for summer survival- and the fans!
Your girls are so beautiful! I think that I will have lots of girls too...I think it will be so much fun being surrounded by all that pink!
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