Seriously, afraid of summer? How could that be? As a child I had a count down calendar to summer hidden in my school desk. As a teacher I counted down the weeks in May as I tried to hold the attention of my students who probably had a count down calendar hidden in their school desk too. So, how did I get here? Yes, I'll admit it, I'm a parent who is afraid of summer. First off, let me say, I'm not great with embracing the unknown...I check the weather to see if I'm going to be sweating by noon. I ask the server at the restaurant questions about the cream sauce so I know if I'll be regretting the order at 2am, I check the guide on the TV to see if I will like the episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" before watching, so no concrete plans for the summer was a little daunting.
Then I thought to myself "this is ridiculous". I have two darling preschool age children. I love to spend time with them. They are not perfect by any means, but they truly light up my life (honestly, I'm grinning as I type this). It's not like my children are in school most of the day to begin with. My 2 year old won't even start preschool until the fall & my 3 year old just finished her 2nd year of preschool where she only went 4 hours 3 days a week. There are times I think I would love to home school them, and other times I'm thinking of sending them to boarding school.
I decided I needed a plan. Something basic. So I decided to work on a summer calendar of activities for my children to do this summer. I began to share with my mommy friends my plan of creating a summer calendar & realized, as they looked at me wide-eyed, nodding their heads, that I was not alone in my fear of the long days of summer that were looming ahead.
The calendar is complete with activities planned & many days left unplanned to just discover what we will do together. We will do a few fun projects, swim until we are water-logged, play outside, eat too much ice cream, & enjoy the blessing of just being together. Summer we embrace you...(check back with me in August).
