In my last post I talked about the new and exciting opportunity I was getting to stay home with my three girls for the summer. Boy has it been an awesome summer! It was all I had hoped for and then some. I remember a time in my life when the exact words out of my mouth were "there is no way I could be a stay at home mom". Either I was way wrong or something in me has changed since that time, and I really think it's a little bit of both. The only part of the summer that I am not happy about is how fast it has gone by. There is so much more fun to be had and just not enough weeks left to have it.
Between going to the park, swimming and play dates we have made some great, lasting memories and made some great friends. I used to dread summer because my girls seemed to get so antsy and bored before summer even got into full swing. The key to curbing that is to keep them busy and that's what I did. But not only is the getting out and staying busy good for my girls, but it was also good for me. It got me out into the world again. When I was staying home and babysitting the only faces I saw day in and day out had food smeared on them. It was so nice to socialize with other stay at home summer mommies and build those bonds with adults again.
Even though summer is coming to a close and the girls will start school in just a few short weeks, the best part of our summer is yet to come. One week from tomorrow we will be headed out to California for a nice long visit with family and friends out there. We have been busy planning an agenda to get the most packed in to the time we have to spend out there. The worst part of the trip will be traveling with Ava! I love that third child of mine, but she is not a traveler. We can't go 20 minutes down the road without her sending everyone in the car in to anger management. So I'm praying to the good Lord that somehow she can keep occupied on the plane long enough for us to at least get in the air so they can't kick us off before we even get started. I'm pretty sure we will be safe once we get to 30,000 ft. They might not let us get back on to come home, but I don't think that would be the worse thing in the world. I could stand to stay in Cali for a little longer than planned.
So I know that once we are back home and settled in from our trip the reality will set in that summer is over:(
The good news is that I will have 9 months to plan for next summer, because I plan on taking full advantage of it as well. The one and most important thing I learned from this summer is things that seem impossible are always possible. All you have to have is enough faith and determination and you can make it happen. Never in a million years would I have thought I could stay home with my girls for three months and do nothing but play and enjoy them, but we made it happen.
