Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

I have been looking forward to summer for a long time now-excited to have Nathan out of school and home with us and the freedom of defining our own schedule rather than being a slave to school starting and ending times.

We have been on summer break now for two weeks and so far it has been everything I hoped for, and honestly, more. I worried we would get bored or have fighting or something but so far it has been nothing but good times (well, almost nothing but good times-of course there is the occasional whining and whatever).

Here are some of our summer activities so far:

Sitting in the fridge to keep cool:

Nathan and Jack have been in swimming lessons every afternoon for the past two weeks. I hoped that the timing and having them in the long afternoons would he a good thing, and it has been. They boys love it-88 degree pool, good teachers, and just overall fun! Chasing this little beast around the pool area isn't the greatest but it's still been worth it!

Nathan can swim! Bubbles in the backyard including lots of giggling-I love that this could entertain the boys for 30 minutes!
Beach Days-Every Friday is ward beach day. Today was our third time going this summer and was the best day so far! We stayed for 3.5 hours and it was finally sunny and warm AND we saw a crab, dolphins and a sea lion swimming in the ocean!

Swimming-Wednesdays are ward swimming day and the first one was this week. I was unsure of how it would go with three kids on my own but it was GREAT! Dal learned to like the water, Nathan loved jumping in and Jack liked the Hot Tub.

Family Sports Night-I started up a little sports activity night for families every Thursday night. We just get together and play a sport-so far we have done kickball and soccer and it has been a blast!!!

Free Balboa Museums-Every Tuesday is free museum day in Balboa park so on Tuesday we went to the Air and Space Museum-super cool!

Parks-Of course. We are always at parks.

Cousin Laura and Sam-Laura moved to San Diego about a month ago so we have been hanging out a lot with her and her hubbie! Loving that! She came to the beach with us twice, we have played games, had dinner, etc.

Also lots of relaxing, reading stories, walking to the library, eating popsicles, and late bedtimes (which means sleeping in). Loving this!