It's beginning to look a lot like summer....

Summer's Here! Well, almost anyway.... the signs are everywhere.... the pool is now open.... the sun is shining.... the flowers are blooming.... the kid's are getting that "Summer Fever".... not wanting to do homework.... wanting to stay up later and later. I look forward to summer and dread it at the same time. It's the schizophrenic feeling of being a mom..... soooooooooo ready to throw the alarm clock away, sleep a little later, put an end to all of the schoolwork and softball games, yet NOT so ready to be asked 1,000 times a day.... "Mama, what can we do now? We're bored." Guess that's just the yin and yang of life....

And so it starts.... SUMMER that is.... and here's the proof....

Playing in the sprinkler....
we've had a lot of rain lately so the "sprinkler party" quickly turned into mud-wrestling..... uhhhhh, and ALOT of time in the laundry room...

And then we were off to the pool!
Yes, it's open already and the kids couldn't wait to jump in....

That is.... until they actually DID get in and froze their booties off....

Kate & Madison enjoying the sunshine....

And then the ice-cream man....
Hearing that old, familiar music.... all the kids come running inside..... "Mama, mama, mama!! PLEASE let us get some ice cream. He's coming! Come on! Hurry!!"