This Is How WE Do Summer

Well, it's mid-June and I think we've eased into our new summer schedule. We've replaced preschool with swimming pools and learning with Popsicles. Kidding, of course. I made Orien count to 10 once three weeks ago. That should cover it for the whole summer. 

This week the Millers were in town. Manley Miller is my godfather's (or uncle) nephew. So we're not really related, but lets just say we kind of are. We love their family of 5! They have 2 boys and a girl. Tuesday we all went to Noah's Ark pool in town. For some reason the pool was 65 degrees but the kids didn't mind their extremities turning blue, so it was fine with us. 

Orien actually just wanted to eat and lounge in the shade - BONUS for Mom! It was fun, but we probably won't go again. It's $6/person and the pool looks better on their website than in person. Plus Orien was way too freaked out by all the fake animal heads squirting out water on top of him. Can't blame him really.

And in typical Orien fashion...he kept saying "That's so weird Mommy."

I agree.

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One of our fav summer activities is taking (late) evening walks. You really can't go outside until after 7:30pm around here. It's seriously still almost 100 degrees at 6:30. So when the heat index was a cool 90 degrees we hit the sidewalk to exhaust our kids have some summer fun!

One 30 min walk around the block, 1 wet run through the neighbor's sprinkler, 10 sidewalk races, 5 Popsicles and one HUGE dance party later...

Our mission to make our kids sleep for 12 hours straight an awesome summer memory was a BIG success!

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Date night...

Brett shot some virtual deer then we saw Super 8. Andddddd...surprise, surprise we thought it was dumb, corny, and just a waste of $$. (We're picky movie-watchers!) But we did get 2 hours of snuggle time - score! Even if it was in a dark, sticky, rarely-cleaned and over-priced theatre. 

(Blec. Movie theatres give me the creeps. They're so gross!)

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Okay, so, Orien is LOVING his summer gymnastics class!!!! Every Thursday we head to Bill Austin's Gymnastics with our friends from our playgroup and have a blast. I struggled through today's class though, due to my sore throat and throbbing head. I have found that jumping on a trampoline and running around chasing a squealing 2 year old for 45 minutes and officially one of the worst things to do when you feel a migraine coming on. But all that aside, Orien truly thrives in this class. He's skeptical about some things, but goes ALL OUT for most of it. He totally rocks at jumping on the trampoline, swinging on the bars and walking on the balance beam (even if it is sitting on the ground!). 

Best part of this class? Seeing his confidence SKY rocket right in front of my eyes. So awesome.

Southern summers may be hot, sticky, drought-y and long...

but it's also an AWESOME time to make some lasting memories with your kiddos!

Now get out there and take a walk around the block! 

Then have a dance party.