Each
summer I take my niece and my nephew for a week each. We plan family friendly
outings around town as well as trips to places like Six Flags Great America. It
is a week filled with places to go and people to see. This is the week that I
have my nephew, so we are very very busy!
My
nephew came on Thursday evening and already we have gone to a park, had a
picnic, visited the zoo, went to a baseball game, and spent a day at Six Flags!
I am exhausted and it is only Monday. This week we have plans for each and every
day and even more plans for each and every evening. I am not kidding you… my
calendar looks like my three year-old got a hold of a sharpie.
Although
doing this is tiring and I am utterly exhausted by the end of each day I love
it! I adore my nephew and cherish the fact that my children are able to grow up
knowing their cousins. I grew up in a large family and can remember going to
visit my cousins as a child. I loved family vacations where I got to spend an
extended period of time with family. I want that for my children.
And
what better way to kick off summer than with some good old fashioned family fun
time? I am thinking that later this week the sprinkler will be coming out and
we may have ourselves a little car wash… my car does need a good cleaning :o)
I
know that we are very busy people with a lot on our plate right now {have I
mentioned we are selling our home and buying a new one?}, but I love being able
to take a step back and truly enjoy the blessings of family. I may seem to go a
little bananas every once in a while and that is okay {I am much more than a little bananas}. I love and appreciate
my extended family and could not be happier that they want to come and spend part of their summer with me.
The
boys are having a blast spending time together and things are going smoothly
thus far {knock on wood}. We have some more fun filled events planned for this week
and I am looking forward to them with relish. I am also looking forward to
curling up in my bed at the end of the day and sleeping a solid 8 hours.
This
is how I am kicking off my summer, how are you kicking off yours?
