Two times in the past two days I've had a friend of mine react in shock and a bit of jealousy that as of noon I was still not out of my pajamas or removed from my couch, coffee and laptop. Both were equally dismayed when I admitted I'd gotten up after 9 a.m.
What is the deal you may ask? After all, I am the mother of two children under the age of 8. Well, let me explain. About a year ago, I laid the law down on my kids waking me up early on days when there wasn't a required reason that I leave my bed, ie school, doctor appointment, someone bleeding internally. It simply made no sense to me that while my kids were early risers (because they are early going to bedders), that I should have to get up the same time as them simply because I'm Mom. I generally stay up pretty late to have a good amount of alone/quiet/time with hubby time. So getting up at 6 a.m. when I don't have to makes me rather edgy. I'll do it when I have to and am quite used to getting little sleep and functioning. But, as I said...when I don't have to, I see no point.
I'm a light sleeper so once I hear a child stir I pretty much am aware of my surroundings, yet can doze comfortably with one ear poised for trouble. So, on weekends and during the summer, they get up and I sleep in. Yay!! That means breakfast is later, so lunch is later, which means I stay in my pjs longer and generally the whole day follows suit in the non-schedule department. Yay!
I figure since summer break can be quite trying on a poor parent, it's the least they can throw me to keep me sane for the six weeks of noschool. Ruby is off for one week during the summer, so I have both girls home. Not so much in the yay category. They play ok, for a while (15 minutes)...then the bickering, screaming, biting, fist fighting and general "Calgon take me away" moments begin. Today started off on one of those "get away from me!" themes, but ended up being a "sissy, come play with me" outcome. Yay!
It was actually, dare I say, extremely comfortable outside...mid 80s and virtually no humidity. The girls played on the covered area of our deck, under the ceiling fan for most of the day. I kept the screen door open to keep an eye on them as I puttered around. It was divine. We ended the day with me laying in the hammock, them swinging and then a hand-holding walk around the block before bed. Sigh.
I wish every day the weather could be like today. Perfect. Tomorrow will probably be back to "start sweating the instant you walk out the door" humidity. At least I have today to hold onto for a while...until they start that dang bickering again over who grabbed the last grape popsicle.
Here's some shots of today, which to me epitomizes summer and little girls.
On another note, I took a couple of shots today of a corner of my house that I rarely, if never, have shared before on the net/blog. I saw the challenge somewhere and the inspiration struck today for some reason. So, I present...
My laundry room. This area is right inside the laundry room, as you come in my back door. It's where we keep all that stuff you must have when you come and go...the piano lesson bag, the backpacks, raincoats, shoes, brownie vest, keys, sunglasses and according to season, various hats, coats, gloves, etc. I love this spot. This is the kids side, obviously.
And this is mine and Dave's spot...which is filled with my new favorite purse (the whales), totes for outings, Dave's hat for sun, grocery bags, his whitecoat generally too goes here and in the winter...all that wintery stuff you'd expect. Too, you see here a new dog leash and collars awaiting their new owner, our new puppy coming next week!
And lastly...how we capped off yesterday:
Our glass top patio table suddenly, for no apparent reason, shattered yesterday afternoon. Fun, fun to clean up. Now I'm in the market for a new table since replacing the glass costs more than the entire dining set did!!
The day before it looked like this...ugh.
Love the pictures! You've captured the essence of what I love about summer as well.
What's up with that table though? There should be a recall or something. What if it happened during mealtime? Yikes!
Posted by: Staci | June 29, 2009 at 11:24 PM
ahhh...... summer.
Posted by: erin vega | June 30, 2009 at 10:43 AM