Hello Summer!!

Summer is here, the weather is awesome, and I feel like doing everything and nothing all at once!

Some days I have done a bunch of things, painting, errands, hanging out with the kids, but at the end of the day, I feel like I haven't done enough.  I am going to have to think about each day at the end of the day and see if it feels like it has been a good day.  Then I will make sure that I do similar things that make me feel the same way.

I kind of want to spend the whole day outside, sometimes alone, but sometimes with the kids.  I don't know how to get the kids outside to play though.  They just don't "play" like I did when I was a kid.  I have no idea what I was even doing as a kid, so I can't even help them with ideas.  I think that they should just be creative and do stuff that they think is fun.  At the lake, my son doesn't know what to do with himself without other people.  I don't mind playing in the sand with him sometimes, or going for a swim, but he's got to learn to do these things himself, or go find someone else to play with....himself!  I'm the Mom, I should be able to just hang out if I want to.

I love summer, but it does frustrate me.  Not going to Europe this summer has been a complete bummer, but I think I can manage, as long as I don't think about it too much.

I just wish the kids could just get off their butts and have some fun that doesn't include technology, or being inside all the time.