Believe or not, Josh is already back to work, and the local kids are already back in school.
This summer break was the shortest ever - 8 weeks. We are so grateful, though, for that perk of his occupation!!
About the beginning of June or so, I wrote up a little list of things I wanted to get done this summer. How'd we do?
Summer 2015 Bucket List/To Do List
(in no particular order)
(in no particular order)
Purge(still doing)- Organize (this is really slow going, but I'm working on it)
- Decorate (work in progress, but mostly comes after the organizing; also, this is really hard to measure/assess)
- Hang pics/gallery wall (nope)
- Paint front door (I've narrowed it down to 3 colors, and really 1 I think, but it's not the same one that hubby wants, so for now we just have 3 red paint swatches taped to our front door, can you say ghetto?)
- Grill pizzas (still gotta do this)
- Dentist appointments for all 3 of us (appointments made and scheduled for this week! It will be C's first dentist experience! She's excited; I hope I don't make her nervous.)
Wonderland Theater(Josh and I got to see "Paper Towns" as a Thursday matinee - when all you can eat popcorn is free, woot woot!)Buy a new vacuumBuy a dirt devil/dustbusterHost a yard sale(done! times 2!)
Go on a couples trip(Josh & I celebrated our 5th anniversary with a trip to Michigan - Saginaw, Birch Run, Traverse City)
- Go on a family trip (sorry, kid.)
Camp in our backyardUse our firepitMake smoresTeach C how to wipe her bottom independently(a good thing to know how to do especially considering she starts pre-school in a month!)- Get estimates for windows (ugh. I feel like I need to get my house organized first.)
- Stain the back deck (ahem)
Go to the beach(we went when Josh's Las Vegas family was in town; then Catherine & I went again with her cousins and aunt)
Looking back at the last couple months, there were lots of little special things - playtime at the park, finding sales at a fro-yo place, exploring Shipshewana with out of town family, AYOP, iced coffee, discovering Einstein Bros. bagels at Notre Dame, baking, and watching C become more independent. I feel like she has really grown up this summer!
Our summer's to do list was brief enough that it allowed for lots of additional activities - big or small. And for that I am thankful.
Another highlight this summer was welcoming another cousin for Catherine! Little Jaydon was born to Josh's brother and his wife - their first! It's been fun to watch C interact with him and be gentle with him.
