Where has summer gone?!

Is it really August? Is Summer really almost over! Is school really about to start?

Thanks to an early start last school year and no snow days, I got to spend the longest summer of my teaching career with my baby girl.  For a few months I got to pretend to be a "stay at home" mommy.

I was able to keep a clean house, have dinner ready early, and most importantly PLAY with Aubrey. 
There were no family vacations for us this year due to our plans to build a house, but I wouldn't trade these days at home for anything.  Summers for me used to consist of lots of swimming, sleeping in, shopping etc. This year, my long summer days  were filled with four wheeler rides around the garden, swinging in the swing multiple times a day, nap times,  playing hide-n-go-seek, reading GO Dog Go over and over, pretending to drink milk from a sippy cup or to put gas in a play car, and pushing a stroller around the yard in 100 degree heat just becasue someone wanted to.

Nap time was sacred.   Every morning I began the day with a "to do" list in my head of things I wanted to accomplish at nap time.  Things like: paybills, work on shutterfly photo book, call for estimates for the house, layout (until it became unbearable), work in the garden, clean...  Have you ever tried to clean your house silently, or in warp speed?  I also spent nap time keeping the books for Rightway Construction up to date.  Poor Marty has to work outside in the heat all day, so it's the least I can do.  He loves it and wishes I could do it all the time.   Ocassionally nap time meant a nap for Mommy or enjoying a good book that I didn't want to put down.  These days were heavenly. 

At the beginning of the summer I made a list of about 15-20 things I wanted to accomplish or complete over the summer. Well... lets just say I didn't cross off many items on that list but I played with my girl and that time precious.