dear summer,
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2. rock the pool with swim classes & learn to float. check (latter - leila).
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3. go to beach and play in the sand. check.
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4. feed dolphins and meet shamu! check.
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5. graduate to 4 candles. check.
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7. create school room and do mommy school. check (AEIOU & B).
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10. do crazy projects like make a birds' nest in a cheerios box. check.
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12. chop the locks and donate. check.
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14. play outside in really confined water spaces without fighting. check.
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16. get ready for preschool. WHAAAAAH! working on it. (that's really what my face looks like when i think about leila going to preschool soon!)
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i'd like to make a formal complaint. it seems as though you've been zipping by outside of acceptable time constraints. don't think you fooled me! i know i saw the sun rise too quickly and set too early every day. all my wonderful summer plans aren't finished yet, so i know that you've been slipping days under the rug to hide them from me. did you think you could sneak one by me? and now i see all these first day of school pictures on facebook - is this some elaborate joke?! how'd you get 340 of my closest friends in on the hoax?
i will not believe it. i choose to ignore it. i am not ready!
sincerely unhappy,
courtney
where did my summer go?! in my dreams, summer is long, luxurious, slow, relaxing, and hot. the latter was fulfilled, the others, not so much.
let's do a summer do-list check.
1. make lots of treats and lick up for clean-up. check.
2. rock the pool with swim classes & learn to float. check (latter - leila).
3. go to beach and play in the sand. check.
4. feed dolphins and meet shamu! check.
5. graduate to 4 candles. check.
6. dive in to vbs. check
7. create school room and do mommy school. check (AEIOU & B).
8. graduate out of crib. check.
9. cruise in 4th of July parade. check.
10. do crazy projects like make a birds' nest in a cheerios box. check.
11. exhaust selves at Honey's house. check
13. be braver by touching a really big snake. check.
14. play outside in really confined water spaces without fighting. check.
15. get really sick. check. and recover - working on it.
16. get ready for preschool. WHAAAAAH! working on it. (that's really what my face looks like when i think about leila going to preschool soon!)
okay, so, i guess we've gotten a lot of stuff done that we planned to do and some that wasn't planned. after looking through our photos, it seems as though we actually did have a nice summer. james and my pictures aren't represented, but we were awfully busy doing things solo this summer, too - (mission trip, conferences, bible study, meeting after meeting after meeting, etc.). and we are VERY much looking forward to some one-on-one time (hallelujah!) this winter.
okay, summer, i relent. thank you for these past few months of fun. but, i still say you went by too quickly...