We are getting to warm weather. My Mom overheard a farmer say that this has been the coldest May in Southeastern Mass for 100 years. Maybe that’s why we are so far along into June without major "Mom, when is School OVER?" stuff – either that or the "When we finish the math, spelling and handwriting book," answer has been said so often that no one wants (or needs) to ask.
So how did we keep cool last Summer? How do I pull out the old charcoal grill and keep the little kids from knocking it over while the coals form? ( I think we only used it when DH was home on Saturdays) How did I keep graceful in that hot, noisy parent’s room at they YMCA during swim lessons? (Did I?) How often did we drive to the beach last year? (not this year without DH, I’m not good at solo baby logistics, and gas is way to much for driving an hour both ways to Rhode Island) How much fun was it not to have a daily schedule, or did we just form a new schedule?
I know that by August, I had decided that my primary duty during the day was to keep the children from melting. I know that by September I was thinking, "Oh, what a pity we have to start the school schedule and not do groceries and errands in the mornings anymore." I just wish I remembered more specifics!