So glad it’s Summer!

I know the temps have been crazy this summer, but I can’t help loving it!  Here in Idaho, we’ve gotten used to summers in the low eighties … but this year we’ve been in the 90s!  Repeatedly!  I’ve been loving it!

Nope, these are not my kids.  My amazing friend from VA stopped by to spend a few hours with us, and I got to see her kiddos.  When we left, her oldest was still a preschooler, and she didn’t have her last two at all.  I follow her blog, so I still felt like I knew them, and it was fun to see them in person.

We tried to get a pic of all seven kids together … but they were more interested in playing than cooperating.

The falls were low, because the canals have been open for a while, but this was the first time I’d seen them low (for comparison, look at the pic at the top of my blog – I took that one a few years ago in April, before the canals opened).

Last year the summer got away from me and was over before I’d even started.  This year, I was convinced it wouldn’t happen again.  I went into the pool before L even finished school and signed up for two (non-consecutive) sessions of swimming lessons.  Then, as soon as I could, I bought L a new bike.  She needed one last year, but I kept telling her, “Oh, we’ll go get you a bike tomorrow …”  until the summer was over.

I promise I’ll take my camera to swimming lessons this time around, but I didn’t get any pics during the first session.  I do have some bike pics.

J fell asleep on the way home from getting the bikes, so when he woke up 2 hrs later, we let him ride his bike in the house a bit.

My dad put training wheels on L’s bike while I was busy at Cubscout Daycamp.

L is a lot like me.  She’s very cautious.  She takes it very slow.  And she doesn’t take to falling off very well.

 

But … she’s really getting the hang of it.  Even with the training wheels, when we first let her ride, I had to run alongside her to keep her from falling over.  Now she handles it pretty well.  She still falls, but we wipe her off and set her back on.  Ironically, it was after she was done with the bike today and started riding her scooter that she biffed it and skinned her knee.  Then it was, “Mom, THERE’S BLOOD, THERE’S BLOOD, THERE’S BLOOD!!!”

She had a small scrape on her knee.  And she decided she’d rather ride her bike again for a while.

J and S scoot along happily on their own … which makes me realize, S is a lot better this year.  Last year, I couldn’t leave her alone, because she always needed a push or some help to keep going.

We’ve been enjoying summer treats …

… and I’ve been enjoying afternoon naps.  Ok, so this doesn’t happen every day, and even when it does, it’s usually just one kid at a time.

I know the rest of the country is roasting … but we’re having a wonderful time!