The end of Summer.

The last week of very cool temperatures, wind and rain is a reminder summer is almost over. Tonight we met Harrison's kindergarten teacher Mrs. May while having a popsicle and playing on he school playground with his soon to be new classmates.

Until Tuesday I am going to continue to stare at these photos and try to remember every single fun thing we did with his last summer home. These past 5 years went WAY, WAY too fast.

Tomorrow begins our last week's adventure of summertime. The laundry will not get done, the house will not get cleaned, emails will not be promptly answered, nor will photos be edited. This is my last week home with my buddy.

This boy.

Sometimes is hard to carve out 1:1 time with the boys as these summer days go by way too fast... but I try my best to do something special with them at least once a week. Harrison really loves finding things, especially anything metal. The amount of rail road spikes is amounting at our house.... we added 15 more tonight while on our hunt.  He is so innovative, I am sure he has big plans for these.

 

Water, water and more water!

This kid is just awesome. Every stage a child goes through is full of awesomeness, but man 2.5 is freaking crazy, awesome---not to forget he is potty trained now, which is a mega bonus on top of his sweetness, cuteness and the real life naughtiness.

I've been really missing my Fridays home with just he and I since we dropped the kids down to 2 days a week at daycare this summer. However Harrison had a eye appointment Monday so I kept him home on Monday and we did 1:1 day (and no more glasses for him, I'll post more about that). So today was Miles turn for 1:1 day. I've been so busy this week----and haven't had much time to actually play with the kids---but with the amounting work to be done.... I made myself carved out sometime this afternoon----after all that other stuff is just stuff. 

 

Sun. Sand. Water. Giggles.

We have been getting out on the river just as much as we can this summer. So much of me grew up on the river and I have so many great memories of it. I am so glad our boys get the opportunity to build similar memories.

These shots are back from our first boat ride in June. We have been out several other times since, but sometimes you just have to put down the camera and enjoy the sun, sand, water and giggles and hope that you can instill this memory better than a picture would. :)