We are at T-minus 9 days until Summer vacation begins!!!  And we are all ready around here!  The mornings have gotten SO HARD!  It’s been getting harder and harder to get TJ out of bed in the mornings and then when he finally wakes up, he is wild! We’ve had a pretty consistent flow to the mornings since school started but just recently it’s like he has no idea what has to get done to get out the door!  Come on Summer break!  We need you!

We have realized over the last couple of years, that we prefer to go to the beach over Fall Break.  Usually, it’s a little less crowded and not ridiculously hot.  So this is going to be a summer of exploration and adventure on a more local level!  This is also going to be a summer of me being a truly work from home mom, but I’ll write on that a little later!

I know some of you will read this and think….it’s summer break.  I don’t want to plan a single thing.  I get that!  However, I have found that 1) I thrive on some semblance of a plan 2) if there isn’t a plan, nothing happens except my son ends up spending a lot of time on the IPad.  Since I am a planner by nature, I want to know what everyone wants to do.  That way, I can make sure to plan it!!  So last night we made a Summer Bucket List!  This is a list of all of the things we can think of that we want to do this summer! I had TJ write “Summer List” on the top of a piece of computer paper in pretty colors and I will post it in the kitchen so we can cross things off as we do them!   It was so fun to sit around the dinner table and discuss the things we want to try to accomplish this summer!  Our list includes everything from catching lightening bugs and staying up late to going hiking and biking!  What kinds of fun things do you have on your family’s bucket list??