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What blog?




I didn’t really forget about my blog for the past week.  It was always in the back of my mind, I just couldn’t get to it. School ended, the kids were exhausted and excited at the same time, we’ve been on a marathon baseball game streak trying to get all the makeup games done and we made a fast trip out of town. 

Did I mention lying on the couch eating bon-bons?  Nooo, because thats only in my dreams!

Do you ever get to that point where your brain says Nope, I can’t do even one more thing right now?  My brain said that this past week, so I just had to let it go.  Actually I let a lot of things go, like vacuuming and cooking, but I don’t miss those things like I have missed this little ole blog. 

June is a busy month for us, both my kids have birthdays and Scout camp and science camp, you get the picture.  Summer started out with a bang, so much for the nice relaxing week I imagined.  I’m not a big planner in the summer, we seem to keep busy enough without me trying to throw in extra activities.   There are some things I want to do with my kids and hopefully we’ll get them done. 

Here is a brief but already chaotic outline of our summer:

  • Birthday party planning is already in full swing.  Last year I waited until mid-June to even think about birthdays, and by then we were too far gone with ball games and camps.  I kept saying “as soon as sports/scouts/camps are done we’ll have the birthday party” but summer came and went with no party.  When I say “party” I actually  mean that they can invite one or two friends over and we’ll do something like a movie or ball game and of course have cake.  As long as there is cake it’s a party, right?   Last year Nolan asked for an actual party, a paintball party.  I still feel bad for  putting it off all year so I’ve already started planning it.  There will be a party this year.
  • Camps.  Nolan does Scout camp – his first week long overnight camp.  Get me the tissues now.  Tanner does band camp.  I loved going to church camp and girl scout camp growing up so I’m glad my kids like camp.  It’s just the packing and getting ready that is hard.  And the laundry afterward.  And the week that they are actually away from me.  Tissues!
  • Summer reading.  They used to do the library reading program but we haven’t done that in a few years.  I decided to have our own little reading program.   When they were younger we’d set aside 30 minutes a day and we’d all read in the living room.  We’re doing that again but I’m picking books for them to read.  Last year I picked To Kill a Mockingbird for my son, which is going to be hard to top. Send me book suggestions please!
  • Community service.   My oldest will be helping at our Vacation Bible School this year.  He usually helps at his youth group by going an hour early and helping the youth director.  When youth group ended for the summer he told me he wanted to keep helping at the church.  I’m going to make some calls to find something for Nolan to do, I’m hoping he can help at a local animal shelter.  This community service is one of the things I’m really excited about doing with the boys.
  • Service begins at home.  My kids have chores they do regularly, but in the summer it’s like I get my own personal cleaning crew.  They clean, they mow, they do laundry and now they want to cook.  My goal is to let them cook this summer, and more than just baking – although that is my favorite kind of cooking.

That’s about as much planning as I do for the summer.  We  haven’t really started any of those things yet, so far the boys are just thrilled to be sleeping a little later and hanging out with friends.  That does sound pretty perfect, doesn’t it? :)

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    2 Responses to “What blog?”

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        Robyns Online World on June 2nd, 2009 1:55 pm

        I wish I could get T to go to camp, but no dice. I’ve tried to show him hundreds of different ones over the years but he has no interest in it at all. Too many kids, too much noise, too much unknown for him.

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        Sheri on June 3rd, 2009 4:08 pm

        I’m surprised my kids like camp, they usually don’t like the unknown, especially crowds and noise. But they are going with groups of kids they’ve known for years, and my husband will go to scout camp for a few days with our youngest – which makes mom happy :)