My bookends

I found these random snapshots on my camera. Max and Greta, my oldest and youngest. Couple of goofballs. Cute goofballs.

 That's all for today!

P.S. I'm so excited to be going to Sewing Summit this year. Only 2 weeks away now.
Anyone else going??

No guilt summer

Here's the thing. When I make all sorts of plans and promises with my kids, they hold me to it.

And when I say "hold me to it", I mean they beg and whine and cry if things don't go exactly as we planned. And they ask "is it time yet? is it time yet?" on the day of any plan. 

I don't do well with "summer bucket lists" or "summer activity charts". I don't know why, but I just don't. They give me anxiety and make me feel too much pressure. Sure, I like to give my kids fun things to look forward to, but I think last summer I had my expectations too high. I ended up feeling like I failed my kids at the end of the summer because we didn't go to the library every Monday and all the other stuff I envisioned.

So I decided this summer that we would make no plans. The Low Expectation/No Guilt Summer!

We would just enjoy the laid-back months and fly by the seat of our pants when we felt like it. Sure, we have a few things on the calendar, but for the most part we are wide open. 

Besides ... look how perfectly they get along! *wink*

I think back to my own childhood summers. My mom was around, sure, but she wasn't entertaining us every day. I basically played with friends, or my brothers, or by myself. It was unstructured.  It seems like most of my memories involve just playing with friends and finding something to do. Good old-fashioned fun.

So ... our summer is pretty chill with HOT temps hovering around 100 degrees! And the best part about no plans is when I tell the kids "ok we'll go to the splash pad (or whatever) once the living room is picked up!" You should see how quickly they move. 

Low expectations = less mom guilt!
Plus I think the kids are still perfectly happy.

How's your summer going?