Staying positive.

Most of you know I love summer. Let the heat roll in and put me near a body of water. It can be a pool, lake, ocean, kiddie pool, whatever and I'm a happy camper. Yesterday as I was driving down the road I noticed the slightest changes beginning to come over the leaves on the trees. The deep green of summer is starting to take on a bit of yellow and my eyes almost welled up with sadness knowing fall (which really translates to winter) is just around the corner. Ok, maybe I didn't get that sappy, but I am already missing the pool.

In an effort to keep a good attitude, I have complied a list of things that I will not miss about summer that could potentially make winter seem more positive. I'm trying.

• No more pulling weeds. One thing I have learned to appreciate in the Midwest is those pesky guys take a break in the winter (that or the snow just covers them up!).
  
• No mosquitoes!!! Honestly, I don't know how they survived before I lived here. My blood seems to be there sole source of sustenance and their presence is the contributing factor to my delay in weeding.
• Not quite as much shaving. Jeans and long sleeve shirts hide quite a bit.
• I can actually wear my hair straight without a battle. My natural frizz is completely infatuated humidity.
• Gage won't ask "What's that loud noise?" every night as the cicadas sing.
• No more lathering the kids up with sunscreen everyday. Wait a minute, strike that one, this would mean we were going to the pool....and for that, I love sunscreen.
• No more major toenail polish touch-ups.
• No more Homemade Ice Cream from the best place in town.....they are only open seasonally. Sad, but really good for my checking account and waistline.
• Speaking of waistline, how about a break from the exercise routine? Everyone needs some spring goals....

There you have, that's about as positive as I can get as I bid farewell to my favorite time of the year. Goodbye summer, see you in ten months!

My favorite time of year....

One of the reasons late spring and early summer is my favorite time of year:

If the kids (and Randy!) don't eat them all after I wash them, I like to "flash" freeze them and have strawberries at the ready for a smoothie!

Bring on summer!!

UV Overload

We have been to the pool a million times now (ok, that may be a slight exaggeration) and the kids are having a blast. Grams mentioned the other day we haven't even left for vacation yet and the kids have already been everywhere. Must say, it is so different living in town and not being pregnant this summer. We basically wake up, lather up and head to the pool. It keeps the house clean (well, if it would if it were actually clean to begin with...) and wears the kids out for a nap (sometimes anyway).

Hopefully the sunscreen is working and I am not damaging the kids skin permanenlty, as I do worry about things like that. My neighbor actually referred to me a s the sunscreen Nazi! Just because I reapply on the hour doesn't make me extreme, does it? At least the kids are used to it; just today Ashlynn wouldn't go in the water until I used the sunscreen stick under her eyes, that a girl!!

Now I just have to take out a loan to continue to purchase the $26.00 a tube of chemical free sunscreen so they don't get cancer from the sunscreen. It's all starting to feel like a vicious cycle.