Summer Break Begins

Summer break has officially started!  The kids are enjoying all the time they have to play and do whatever they want.  Summer break started cold and rainy which has made it hard to think of fun things to do.  We have been playing at home a lot and enjoying all the time to relax.  Lucy had a play date with a friend and a swimming party with the activity girls.  We have done a few little projects and the kids like browsing my pinterest board looking for things to make and do.  One day they made these caterpillars with the rainbow loom.  They were cute!

 It is hard to plan big things to do with the kids right now with Nolan.   He still takes two naps so big outings are hard to plan and organize.  Luckily he does good if he needs to miss the afternoon nap so we can go do something.  I could tell the kids needed to get out of the house so one evening after dinner we headed to the playground as a family.  The weather was perfect and the kids had fun running around and climbing.  It was easier to manage with JJ since all the kids seem to go in different directions.  Nolan loves to play too, the slides are his favorite.  He is getting better and better with walking.  He will now walk across the room and was walking a lot at the playground that evening.   

 We went to the library to sign up for the summer reading program.  They had some fun activities for the kids to do.  Their favorite was making slime.  We got new books and the kids are looking forward to doing the reading program.  Lucy is a fast reader and can get through a book pretty fast, so library visits happen a lot.  Garrett loves to read too and it amazes me how well he can read already.  

 We were grocery shopping on National Donut day and they were giving out free donuts.  It was perfect since it was getting close to lunch time and we were all getting hungry.  The kids were pretty excited and so was I, I love donuts!

We are still finding our summer groove.  It always take me a few days to figure out how our days will go when there is an adjustment.  The kids have a few things they want to do go do this summer so we will have to try to make those happen.  Thankfully it has warmed back up and we can visit the pool often.