Hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend! I know we did– my kids are exhausted! We spent the 4th at home with friends, with a new kiddie pool and slip and slide. Good times! We also went to an arts festival yesterday and OH MAN I could have spent some bucks there. Gorgeous art pieces and photography prints, jewelry. I was in love. My kids had their first taste of cotton candy yesterday, too!
My kiddos love to be outside– anything and everything they can do, they would rather do it outdoors. It’s clear that my kids already love summer, the way we choose to do things on a moments notice. Later bedtimes once in a while. Ice cream comes in the middle of the day just because.
Kenley is so different than Brayden was when he was her age. She’s more fearless. When she wants help getting up on the slide, she wanted it 5 minutes ago and you just didn’t know it yet. I have already started praying for her future husband. He’s going to need it.
Brayden loves to help her, they pretend to be pirates on a ship or being in a “hideout” and I love seeing their imaginations in full bloom. I am so thankful for the relationship and bond that they already have.
These little baby toes will soon be no longer, she is growing and changing at such a rapid pace. Still my baby, but oh so much a toddler. Almost a little girl.
Watching them grow and change in front of my eyes is so rewarding, and also? A tiny bit sad. Soon we will be in the midst of school schedules and our freedom to go and do what we want when we want will be limited. I am trying to soak in summer but it’s slipping right through my fingertips. I thrive on schedules and structure but I am trying to just let some of that slip away, so that I have no regrets of this summer. This is the first summer in 4 years that I am not pregnant or nursing, and that aspect has been wonderful. Sometimes a tad sad, but mostly wonderful. I get to be intentional and I have the freedom to throw rules out the window once in a while.
June snuck past us without so much of a hello OR a goodbye, so I am doing my best to make sure July doesn’t do the same thing. Plus, we have a little boy’s birthday to celebrate soon!
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