Goodbye Summer

High temp for today....102.

High temp for tomorrow....100.

High average temp for the last week....97.

Summer weather is very much here to stay but unfortunately, my summer break is officially over.

 

It's a bittersweet day friends.

 

Back to work I go. Back to the craziness of getting the school ready for a 1000+ students in less than two weeks. Back to the mad scramble of office supply ordering and filling for the teachers. Back to the daily chaos that I call my job...(a job I truly love!)

 

Goodbye to the sleeping in. Goodbye to the fun and random outings with my kiddos. Goodbye to the lazy days of hanging out with my husband and late nights of watching the Olympics. Goodbye to sleeping in the living room because our bedroom is so darn hot we would melt. Goodbye comfy clothes.

 

Goodbye Summer. It was nice while it lasted! Let's meet again soon...OK!?!

One for the record books

When I heard it, I told myself "I'll believe it when I see it!" Well, I saw it. It happened. It's only April and we have had our first 80 degree weather day here in the Pacific NW. It was a gorgeous weekend filled with all things outside...and it was amazing!!

On Saturday, M&M's and his best buddy hung out at the park for a solid 3 hours, rode bikes, played basketball, soccer, played with trains and built tracks and barely took time out of their busy day to actually sit down and eat lunch and dinner! Kit Kat spent the day at his friends house playing super soakers, basketball, and video games while Almond Joy enjoyed her first real outdoor experience where she wasn't bundled from head to toe in all things fleece! She wore her first summer outfit and loved sitting in her exersaucer in the driveway in the shade. It was such a nice day, couldn't imagine anything better.

Until Sunday came.

9 am, and it was already 60+ degrees outside. Blue skies, bright sunshine, not a cloud to be seen. Got ready for our day, spent a little time inside doing the dishes and cleaning up before venturing outside to the warmth that awaited us! Another day spent almost entirely outside! Our neighbors have two kiddos one the same age as M&M's and another about a year older than Almond Joy. It was so nice chatting with them and watching the kids play. They played for hours. More bike riding, coloring with sidewalk chalk, playing basketball, soccer, riding scooters, power wheels, picking flowers, and playing hide-n-go seek. As the days progressed into evening, our neighbors decided to throw an impromptu BBQ and invited us over! We had a lovely evening getting to know them better, meeting their friends and family and just laughing, eating and having fun! When it cooled off some we walked over to the high school softball field for a spontaneous game of kickball! All the kids, the parents, anyone who wanted to play, got to play! NO rules, just fun. Oh my goodness, it was a blast! It was such a success that we are already waiting for the next nice weekend to plan it again! Good. Fun. Times.

How was your weekend? Hopefully you got to do something spontaneous and fun!

A little bit of sunshine

Friends, it's a beautiful, bright sunshiny day!! Amazing what a little bit of sun can do to a much dreaded Monday morning!

If you are like me, Monday's are not my favorite day of the week. However, life is about choice. I did not go to bed last night thinking "oh man, it's Monday tomorrow", instead I went to bed hoping for sunshine and happiness!! I am so happy mother nature listened and I get to have another fun day playing outside with M&M's!! I think maybe we will take a nice walk to the library, stop by the bank, the park and maybe, just maybe (most likely going to happen) we will stop at Sesame Donuts and grab a yummy snack!! Maybe Monday's aren't so bad after all!!

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope that you have a wonderful day filled with lots of beautiful sunshine and lemonade!!

CHEERS!

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