School's Out For The Summer!

In an attempt to pass the two, loooooong summer months in which the kids do not have school, I have tried to pack in lots of activities. Now, I'm not quite sure that it truly passes time any quicker, but it does keep the mess from happening in the house! And you know how important that one fact is for a Type-A sickie such as myself!

This past weekend we had great fun spending time at a local KOA in a motor home with my mom and step-dad. Although sleeping space was a wee-bit tight, by the second night, Mark and I were perfectly content sleeping curled up like pretzels between two flailing churros.

There were many fun activities to participate in during the day. Besides a nice-sized swimming pool with plenty of shallow playing area, we...

Rode scooters.

Built with Legos.

Pedaled an 8-seater bike, and realized within seconds that 30 minutes was sufficient enough. One hour would have killed us!

Tie-died large t-shirts for sleeping in. (I was afraid that if I allowed them make them in their size, they would ask to wear them out one day. And I wouldn't know where to begin to match a hair bow with tie-die!)

Played an endless number of tic-tac-toe games.

Spent quality time with one another.

Took time out to pose for the camera.

Watched some fellow campers play a game of basketball.

Lent helping hands by pulling up the breeches of a sister in desperate need of a pair of suspenders!

And most painstakingly, got dirtier than we have in quite a long time without bathing soon afterwards!

Did I mention that the girls went a whole three days without a single bow in their hair?

It must be August already??!!?? Does school start tomorrow?