Looks like we made it!!

Tomorrow marks the end of another school year. There's just 1/2 of a day left of preschool, second grade, and fourth grade. The girls have had the best time this year. All of them have grown and changed in such positive ways. I am excited about the beginning of the summer. Its going to be wonderful to be with my kids, playing, swimming, taking it easy. Even though I appreciate the routine of school, it will be nice to have a few months of relaxing. The past few days I have sorted clothes, cleaned out the clutter, and used every bin and basket available to me to organize the kids' stuff so we are ready for our summer to start. It's been like being in therapy for a couple of days!!! Organizing and throwing stuff out... AHHHHH... just what I need!!! What would this girl do without Rubbermaid??

Beauty

First summer activity

Over the Memorial Day weekend, we went on a camping trip up to Hermit Park. This is a place where I went camping as a kid, and I love going there with my family. We hiked, ate hotdogs and banana boats and Ashley's Hobo packets, played Scrabble, read, slept, ate s'mores, walked, picked flowers, built a fort, climbed trees, had pinecone wars, and played until we were all tired out. I was amazed at how well everyone slept and ate. This was the first camping trip where we didn't have any diapers to change and it was glorious! None of us loved the outdoor potty (Meredith and Mommy especially), but even that went ok because we brought the little potty chair. The weekend was very special as we spent time talking about our summer plans and enjoying every moment that we had together. It was a perfect beginning to summer 2009!