hello monday.

1. hello summer. enough said. so excited for a summer home with my people. i love being home with them. don't get me wrong, there will be plenty of squabbles, mad momma moments, attitude, messes, and mom hiding in the closet sniffing stress away. but this mess is my mess. and these are the days. i plan to enjoy them.

2. hello nap time. one way i keep my sanity in the summer is a mandatory rest/nap time. everyone needs a little down time, even momma. from 1-4 we rest. currently jake and maggie are asleep. cece is quietly playing with slime and ellie is watching tv. sometimes i use rest time to do something quiet with the bigs and sometimes i take a nap.

3. hello summer activities. in the past two days we have started several summer activities. our june is a little busy, but july is pretty calm. i can handle that. i want my kids to have plenty of down time in the summer. i like it when we wake up with no plan and just go with it. those are fun days.

4. hello swim lessons. cece, maggie and jake all started swim lessons this morning. both girls were rock stars and jake wasn't so sure. he may or may not have cried the whole time. but he didn't leave his group, so i don't know what to think. we will see what the next few days bring.

5. hello summer soccer. our church soccer league started yesterday. cece and maggie are playing. ellie is helping coach. ellie actually jumped in and help coach four teams yesterday. girl has a heart of gold. and she loves to help out. except for that one moment where she was hangry. we got her some lunch, a drink and a little shade and she was good to go again.

6. hello potty training. over memorial day weekend jake decided to start using the potty. actually he used the potty for the first time at cascade falls on a very busy opening day at the pool. the next day we had a house full of family and he played in the pool all day. we went the whole day no accidents. the boy thrives in chaos. he has been going on the potty since. he is rocking it. the only accident he has had is when he can't get his pants down on his own. he is so darn proud of himself! so fun!

happy monday.