Summer is Flying By

Wow, I can't believe it is August and our summer break is almost over. This is our last week at home before school starts and we have a million things still to accomplish. Next week we are going to be enjoying summer at the beach. Do you know how much planning it takes to go on vacation. I am always suprised by the number of lists I need to make. I guess I put the planning out of my memory until it is time to plan again. Last night, I made a list of medicines to remember to pack and it took up a whole sheet of my list paper. And no one is even sick. Oh well, I'm sure the vacation will be worth all of the prep work.
Back to our summer break. We have really enjoyed this summer. It is the first year that summer has really been any different than the rest of the year, because last fall was our first year with a kid in school. Having a baby has slowed us down and kept us a home a lot more, but Ashton and Hunter have loved staying home and having so much time to play with each other. Right now they are back in their room trying to build a John Deer Tractor. They have been working on it for 2 days. They are a pretty creative pair. As far as when we do leave the house, they have only wanted to leave the house if we were going to the pool or Wild River Country. Wild River Country is a whole other subject. It has been so much fun this year. They LOVE all the rides and we have loved taking them on all of the rides and graduating from the Tadpool area. Even though summer is flying by, we have really enjoyed the break from routine. I'm not sure that I am ready to start getting up early and packing lunches again.