There’s nothing like the sprinkler on a hazy-hot-and-humid afternoon. Summer is barreling forward at record-speed. How is July almost over? I feel like it barely started. Lucky for us, we have the Summer-Checklist (the Family Fun To-Do List) taped onto the refrigerator, reminding us of what we’ve already done and have yet to do. We checked off another biggie this weekend: Catch fireflies at night. This was put on the list by Owen. I knew that it meant more to him than simply to catch fireflies. Last year we had a memorable and magical summer night (hi Leslie if you’re reading!) that I knew was really at the heart of Owen’s line-item on our list; I just knew that what he really wanted was to have that night again this summer… complete with catching fireflies and all. Saturday night we made it happen. It was the “Fancy Haiti Dinner” (steak frites) — exactly the same* — as last year, except this year we let Meera stay up for it.
*For the record I just have to make note that the only difference in the dinner this year was the dessert. I made a new dessert and it instantly became all three J-M kids’ new favorite dessert in the whole wide world. It was crazy how much they loved it. Sweet-Cream with Blackberries. (My current favorite foodie blog is Pioneer Woman and I’ve been making a lot of her recipes for the past few months… if you’re looking for an amazing summer dessert, try this! Seriously!).
After dinner we caught fireflies in the yard.
Then we put Meera to bed and to make a special night even more special, the boys got to stay up even later and use up the rest of the sparklers from the 4th of July. It was a full-moon hot summer night.
Sunday was a lazy day at home just our family. No birthday parties, no get-togethers, no errands or projects to complete. Late afternoon involved a trip to DQ and rainbow sprinkles for some of us.
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Sidenote: I got an iPad. The boys are freakishly obsessively in-love with playing with it.
For the record, I just have to note that the only difference between this year’s
I got an iPad when they first came out because well it is part of my job.. I was instantly a rock star at the middle school and high school. I spent time with my edtech friends in June and the head of Apple Education is part of the group. This year our theme was iPad camp. My first suggestion is that you must absolutely get MLB At Bat app. K & O will love it!
Sounds like a terrific summer weekend to me! We are having a great summer as well, but I also feel like the summer is flying by…still one more month though!
Your kids a beautiful as always! Enjoy the rest of your summer!
On a sidenote, what camera do you have? We are in the camera market amd looking for a good camera (for a waaaay novice photographer!)
Love Pioneer Woman's website and her recipes!