it seemed as if as soon as spring turned to summer - everything changed around here. i no longer have 3 children. sometimes i have the whole neighborhood and other times its just me and ben. it starts before i wake up. they are already out playing...my own children inlcuded! there are some new rules around here now...like : mommy needs to be awake before your friends come over! lila is big enough this year to run with the "gang" as sean calls it. she even looked bigger today with her shorts and cute ponytail. they are having a blast and we all go to bed fulfilled. them having had super busy days and me finally getting some much needed free time. today was a little different though. it was quiet. we woke up and had breakfast and were together. no one seemed to mind that it was just us. we found our rhythm just fine. we had fun. it was a lazy summer day. my favorite. around 2:00 the "gang" started to get together and they resumed their games. it was calmer today for some reason. it seemed as if everyone was on the same page. everyone seemed to be taking in the moment. this is summer...
i managed to capture some pictures of our lazy morning...
ben amused himself by playing "night-nights" on the kitchen rug while we ate breakfast.
lila settled in and drew all of the characters in spongebob...they were fantastic and from memory!
sean taught ben how to have a pillow fight. just as i was about to demand he stop as ben was too little for such a game, up pops ben with a pillow and he is laughing so hard he can barely breathe.sean said that he has a feeling that he and ben are going to be really great brothers.
they made beautiful flower arrangements...sparky's dog bowl becomes something new
every day :)
it was actually quiet enough for ben to hear the airplanes!
sean found a renewed love for strawberries...fresh from our garden.
and they swang...for hours...they NEVER seem to tire of this great activity.
i hope i always remember this day...
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