Summer is here

Summer has officially started for my children.  They celebrated by having sleepovers on Friday night.  It was different with two boys and two girls in the house.  The girls are teenagers--they'll be 16 within days of each other.  The boys are both 11 and that was amusing.  My husband and I spent the evening Friday night listening to the girls giggle, listening to the boys talking and laughing at something.  It was really different.  I'm glad that they had fun.
My son wound up not sleeping very well.  He was up very early yesterday.  He crashed hard on Saturday.  He fell asleep around 4:00 pm and got up at 7:00 this morning.  He has been happily helping out in the kitchen this morning and not complaining about any of it.  

This summer is going to be a little different from past summers.  The kids are both going to be attending a flute camp this year.  It'll be fun because my son is starting into Band in the 6th grade.  He tested out for flute, so will play it.  I need to get over to the music store and find out if we can get the flute I have on order for him BEFORE school starts.  It'll be fun.  They're both going to ride their bikes to the school the camp is being held at.  That'll be a summer experience in and of itself.  My daughter is also going on vacation with a friend's family this year.  She'll be going to Virgina and I think, Pennsylvania.  My son and I are going camping with Boy Scouts in Oklahoma.


Our summer is filled toward the latter part. The first part of the summer will be spent just enjoying time off.  The kids are resting and relaxing. I just wish I could.