Lazy days of summer...

Well with 2 boys ages 7 (almost 8) and 10 I guess you couldn't really call the days lazy. On the other hand It has been nice the last few weeks. We haven't been on the go as much and staying home quite a bit. Connor especially doesn't mind being at home. He's kind of a homebody. We have gone swimming with friends and had some friends over to play. On Wednesday Alex's friend and his cousin who is spending the summer with him came over to spend the day and had a sleepover. The 4 of them all had a nice time. Connor, like me is a little bit of an introvert and sometimes needs his own quiet time, so he would take a break every once in awhile and disappear into his room or into his "museum".

For those of you who don't know We have part of our storage room in the basement dedicated to Connor (and some of Alex's) rocks and fossils. I think Connor officially named it "The Campbell Museum" but we usually call it "Connor's Museum". Connor has spent a lot of time this summer cleaning and reorganizing. He picked up a little table at a garage sale down the street and we gave him an old table we had to give him more room He still thinks he needs more room..... fossils and rocks are taking over our house... He has his displays looking nice. Anyway, that's another blog for another day.

Mark and I have also been busy going through things for a garage sale. Mark doesn't enjoy garage sales (to put it lightly) but WE decided we had too much stuff to just donate or throw away. The boys have been going through a lot of their old toys, stuffed animals, etc. The basement is looking much bigger and less cluttered as we continue to get rid of things they don't play with very much anymore. It's been therapeutic in a way but a little sad to realize they are growing up and some of the things they really loved in the past they have outgrown. Well. that is the process of life...

I took a few pictures of the boys playing with water balloons on the trampoline. I think Mark had almost as much fun as they did...

Sunday

We had a good Sunday. It was really nice outside. The boys played outside all day. They are pretty tired now. Mark and his Dad worked on the minivan (our catering vehicle) for several hours today. It's really too old to put very much money into, but we are trying to "limp" it along. It's 10 or 11 years old and it has been a good vehicle for us. It's just wearing out. Mark is very tired and I'm sure Dad is too. Thanks for your help Dad. I know Mark really appreciated it!

One of the things the kids did today was play on the trampoline. They wanted to turn the hose on and spray it, which is something they do in the summer but it wasn't quite warm enough today. Our neighbor/friends were over too. They all really wanted to get wet so I ended up using warm water in buckets and pouring it down on them from the deck. They all loved it but were soon cold and wanted to put dry clothes on.







Photography courtesy of Helen C.