Summer is Here!

Ok, so it’s not officially summer on the calendar, but it’s summer for every kid in Loudoun County who is now out of school for the year!  We started things off well (actually this happened right before the end of school) with Nina getting a black eye at the hands of her sister.  It wasn’t malicious, but it left a nice bruise that lasted for almost a week.  Lyla was “practicing” a softball pitch while throwing her sticky ball against the door, and didn’t notice that her sister was standing right behind her when she wound her fist back.  Of course, it clocked Nina right in the eye.  It truely was an accident, but it was still all the justification I needed to ban those sticky balls from the house!

 

We also got to take in Emme’s lacrosse team’s championship game.  Her team won, and we were glad to be there for the big game!

 

We also finally got Nina over to the hair salon to cut off a few inches of that beautiful hair.  She loves her long hair, but her long hair loves tangles, so it was time to trim it up for summer.  It helps when I can take her to a hair salon for girls that is cute and fun, where lollypops are involved, and they get to hang out in the pink limo after the haircut.  

We also have one member of the family who seems very happy that school is out.  I don’t know if Cayenne could ever get enough attention, but she certainly takes advantage of any and all opportunities.

 

So, I don’t think things seem to be shaping up too strenuously this first few days of summer break.  Other than the schedule of the classes I teach during the week and the girls having one sport practice a week, we try to not plan a whole lot.  We’ll do fun things as the opportunity arrises, plan a few weekends away, and catch up with some friends we don’t get to see as much during the school year, but mostly we’ll spend a lot of time at the pool and enjoy two months of just hanging out!