oh the joys of going to sleep as the need arises, not waking up before the sun peeks through the curtains, eating meals at a leisurely pace...no homework...oh, curse homework and the person who believes that after 7 hours of elementary education that there is still a need for home work...i need nothing more than the freedom from scheduling for summer to feel and be wonderful.
picking a favorite pasttime for filling our summer days would be challenging because as long as each day was free from any of the elements from my non-summer list i view it as perfectly spent.
we fill our days with popcicle eating, watermelon seed spitting, sidewalk drawing, park hopping, daytime napping, picnic snacking, finger painting, family vactioning and many other gerund-y phrases but i have to say the favorite of my crew is swimming...
it doesn't matter where.
it doesn't matter how.
it doesn't matter when.
it just matters that they can. all of my children love the water. it is a gift which i am expecially grateful for in the summer. i can't imagine if one of my children were deathly afraid of the water because i am sure that my pool time fun would turn into pool time torture.
but everyone...oldest to youngest...enjoys the pool.
harper loves to jump in and dive at the deep end, but she also loves to lovingly tote around finley.
calvary loves to practice getting dive sticks, but he also loves floating with complete abandon in a float.
oliver jack loves to practice swimming from the wall to the ladder, but he also loves to sit happily filling containers on the stairs.
finley...well...she likes to be held. on the side, in the pool, or wrapped in a towel...it doesn't matter...as long as she's held.
everyone indulges my need for gratituous amounts of photos...like here and here
everyone gets along...
and everyone sleeps heavily...and i can think of nothing better than a sweet summertime swim induced slumber.
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