Summer!!

First day of summer vacation. Wow. Totally doesn't feel like it. This year absolutely flew by. I can't believe it.

I'm trying to get us off on the right foot this year. The last week or so I've been talking about how we are going to act this summer. Nicely. We are going to act nicely. We are going to speak nicely. We are going to touch nicely. We are going to be nice to each other, damn it!

We are also going to be cleaning the house. So when they started fighting I started handing out chores. I decided that today we would spend 15 minutes wiping down the baseboards. Which we did. And everyone (Maddy) who had a bad attitude about it got an extra chore, which turned out to be vacuuming. Yup! I love being the grown up and getting to just make up the rules as I go along.

She actually did a really great job. Her baseboards look brand new (maybe tears are a good cleaning agent) and the rug is perfect. I went on and on about how good her cleaning was and she seemed happy about it. Chores do that girl good.

After chores we went up to the pool. Oh the pool looked just perfect when we got there. I wish I had brought a camera. The water was so so blue and there were two perfect palm tree shadows in the pool. It felt like some tropical vacation. I just needed a frozen daiquiri brought to me on a tray.

They are finally old enough that I don't have to go in the pool too!! Awesome. I talked on the phone and the hung out in the shade while they swam. Love it. We will go up there way more if I don't have to swim. It was so nice.

So far summer vacation is off to a great start.