Summer Haps {So Far}

Because I haven't had a lot of down time and haven't felt inspired by the writing bug since I have been on summer vacation, I decided I would simply share some random happenings from the summer, so far.

Much of my role this summer has been as a taxi driver. While this has been true most of the past few summers, I have been driving a lot more this year. My oldest has a role with a local children's musical theater company and will be performing in Aladdin Jr at the end of July. She has, and will continue to, practice nearly every day until the play's opening. This equals lots of driving, to and from rehearsals.

Fortunately, now that O has finished preschool, my time in the car will be less. There were some days that I would drop off A at practice, take O to school, get groceries or run errands with E, go home, leave to pick up A, grab lunch for the girls and I, and eat in the car on the way to pick up O. Whew!

E AND ME, DRINKING OUR GREEN TEA.

Speaking of O and the end of preschool...his teacher decided that she would not host a typical preschool graduation, where the kids stood on the stage, sang a few songs and then received their diploma. Instead, they had a water play party. While she did spend a few minutes talking about each child who was moving on to kindergarten, highlighting their strengths and giving them each a hip-hip-hooray, for most of the graduation, the kids were free to play in the water together.

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already seen this, my favorite photo from the day:

Here are a couple more:

Another thing that defines my summer, is waiting for the girls to get their classroom assignments for the next school year. These yellow cards come each year at the end of June, beginning of July. The girls know this is when they come and always begin asking me to check the mail multiple times per day.

This summer, as with last summer, something unthinkable happened. The post office did not deliver both of the girls' cards on the same day! This caused me to employ some evasive maneuvers in order to hide the fact that one of the cards came and the other didn't. 
There is no way that I could tell one girl and not the other. So, one card will stay hidden until the other one arrives. Next year, I will have three children waiting for cards. The post office better get it together next summer. All three cards delivered on the same day. Please.

CURRENT HIDING PLACE. INSIDE A PACKAGE OF NEW CHECKS.

The Bible study I began in the first week of June has been amazing. We are studying the book of Esther. The theme of the study is, It's Tough Being a Woman. I'm looking forward to sharing some of the insights I've been learning with you soon.

I love s'mores. Made two of them for myself the other night. Did you know you don't need a campfire to make them. Easy to do in the oven. Just put the marshmallows (and bottom graham cracker) in for a few minutes on 350, add chocolate and the second graham...and voila, s'mores!

It is finally heating up. This weekend, the highs have been near 110. I have been fortunate enough to find some lightweight, cool clothing to wear on these hot days, when my go-to scarves and accessories are just not an option. My two favorite looks, I copied from Shanna.

What have you been up to lately? Comment below or send me a quick email, or use the lets talk button on my sidebar. I'd love to hear from you!