summertime

It must be summertime... kids are sleeping in late (seriously, L until 8:15 and Seb until 9:15 today), there are popsicles in the freezer, a giant bag of library books to read, the stop-motion animation setups and art supplies have emerged, and the doggo is happy. 

The kids' first week of summer vacation was great. Seb went to a new trampoline/slide/indoor play space called Defy with his friends on Saturday night. They played basketball on a bouncy floor for hours and he was so sore the next day. There was also a sleepover with a whole gang of friends which was extremely fun but featured very little sleep. He met up with friends to play soccer, went for a bike ride,  participated in some family baseball, and read a book. And played video games and watched YouTube, of course. 

Liesl heard about Defy and wanted to visit as well, so we went on Monday afternoon with AJ. The girls had so much fun on the slides and in the ball pits and doing flips off trampolines.

She also hung out with Elia (Tuesday), Fiona (Wednesday), and Ella (Thursday), so I'd say it was a successful first week of play and fun. Fiona is a softball friend who went to a different elementary school but will be at WSMS next year; Ella is an FPE girl that was in Ravenclaw with Liesl this spring, which encouraged a new friendship to bloom.

 

Steve was in Atlanta with Tom and family and then Miami for work, so it was just me and Liesl for dinner one night. We had a sweet date night.