Ahh Summer Days

Ahh the bliss of summer days. The whole fam slept in to 9am and we are taking it easy. Nicccce.

DH is compiling his stuff to take to Me-hi-co this weekend. He swears he isn't excited, but he is.

Little One has a bday next week while he is gone. We are renting out the neighborhood pool, ordering pizza, and taking a cake. With DH gone, I had a need to Keep It Simple. It's the first time I have copped out and hired out a bday party. Little One looks forward to having it at the pool and it is a nice one. I believe the kids will enjoy it. I'm over my guilt -- almost. We are at least hand-making the invites.

Having lunch with a GF today and my coffee group has met only once since summer began. Can't seem to ditch the children long enough for a good chat. So we got creative. Today when I take Little One to the Y for carpool to swim practice, the Coffee Group are meeting at the Y. GF with 2 daughters is bringing them to play at the Splash Pad and we will chat under the umbrellas there.

Wish we had a Splash Pad when I was little!! It is a huge ring of brightly-colored vinyl-type painted squares on the cement floor, outside. Say, 30 to 35 feet in diameter. Each square has a sprinkler of sorts in it. The sprinkler heads are embedded down in the concrete so it is all a level surface. Some sprinklers are fine mists, some shoot up really high, some throw the water in an arc. The sprinklers turn on and off in a symphony of water and the kids run from one to the other. You can make up all sorts of games for it if you're at all creative.

One more thing going on around here -- we (finally) got in touch with someone to rent their apt to us for our trip to DC. More on that later....