Monday, May 30, 2011

Summer ::: Day 4




The forecast called for a hot and sunny day, but with the clouds and wind gusts it wasn't a good day for swimming. We headed over to Papa and Gramma's house for a holiday barbecue with Jason and Jessica and Layla. Olivia didn't want to let the swimming thing go, so we filled up an inflatable pool with freezing cold hose water and she went to town!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Summer :: Day 3

We woke up to a beautiful (muggy) sunny morning...perfect for a bike ride to the donut shop! Olivia and Daddy rode their bikes up to get some breakfast while Meredith slept in...9:40! Guess the campout finally caught up to her. We spent the morning playing in the backyard shade. Then it was off to the Bark and Blues festival in Prairie Village. We met Stella and Layla and Jason and Jessica for some fun at the amazing Frontier park. We did a lot of dog-watching and some people-watching and a lot of Layla-watching. What a blessing it is to have the whole family in town. The girls can't talk enough about how great it is to see Jason and Jessica and Layla anytime we want.

This evening we met up with the Waters family for some miniature golf and ice cream! It sure felt like summer!!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Summer :: Day 2


Meredith made it home from the campout around 10:30. Olivia and I had spent the morning scouring an I Spy book. That kid is a good finder! We headed to the library to check out a few more I Spy books...guess we may have a summer-full of clues and hunts. The day was a little gray and drizzly, a perfect day to hang out inside and rediscover all the toys we've missed while we spent our days at school. Late in the afternoon we headed to the Ruff house for some much-needed face time and dancing and hiding and seeking and even MORE (wet) trampolining.

Summer :: Day 1

We had plans to do nothing today. It turned out to be a gray day, a perfect day for lounging in jammies until noon. About that time, Olivia got a phone call from Josie asking her to come play. "What am I going to do?" asked Meredith. Wouldn't you know, 10 minutes later came the phone call from Jackson. Not a bad way to start summer vacation, playing with some of your best friends. Meredith had plans for a backyard campout at Brianna's house. The weather didn't seem to want to cooperate, but the girls (almost all 6 of them) slept outside after a night filled with roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, and insane amounts of jumping on the trampoline. I'm sure they slept well... Olivia got some undivided attention from Mom and Dad, and we headed out for cheeseburgers (go figure) and some post-birthday shopping. Daddy talked her into a Nerf gun, and a battle ensued when we got home. They shot some bad guys and aliens...phew! A successful end to a great day.

Summah, summah, summahtime

Here we are, the start of the Greatest Summer Ever. Right?!? That's the plan at least. This is also the start of the Blog About the Greatest Summer Ever.

School officially ended on Thursday, May 26th. What an amazing year it was. We had the two best teachers, with the two best classes, and the two best students. Lots of friends were made, and even more memories were made. But we're moving on...ready to make the most of our summer vacation. We have plans for playdates, field trips, mini-vacations, more playdates and lots of days spent at the pool. And what better way to remember all of our adventures, than by blogging about them. Ready to follow along?