I love summer. Not only does the warm weather fit me just fine, but I get to sleep in a little bit and when I do wake up, I get to spend all my days hanging out with my kids. Though they don't all nap - I still have daily quiet time (which is just as much for me) when the kids have to have some quiet alone time, Aine naps, and I usually read. I never get to read relaxed, enjoyable stuff during the school year as I am bogged down with school work and class work, so I really really look forward to my summers.
I have to occasionally remind myself though that kids don't always want to do planned activities and have a set schedule for the day. Yesterday, my kids spent almost two hours just running around the house playing monster. I started out as hide-and-seek and was cute to watch and fairly quiet. Aine though, at only two, wasn't the best hider and quickly got tired of always being the seeker, so...she turned the game into monster. The sound in our house was LOUD and then eventually got LOUDER as the "Monsters" found their victims and roared and ran and caused ruckus throughout our home. I thought it would last a short period of time - but it continued on and on and on and took on new rules and got louder and louder. I was so close to yelling "ENOUGH!" but instead, I took a seat on the couch and just watched as my three kids ran throughout with huge smiles on their faces, simply enjoying each other. I am glad I kept my mouth shut.
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