Our Next Chapter Begins

This week marks the first week that I'm cutting down on my work days.  I'm excited for the lazy days of summer and we've started out with a bang!  

We enjoyed our visit with the Makua ~ eating yummy meals, doing some shopping and even spending some time at a local museum.  Shawn and I decided that it was a good place for a membership for the summer to provide hours of (air conditioned) entertainment for the boys.  We're looking forward to going back, and hopefully we can convince Ria and her girls to join us!

We had a laid back weekend, with trips to the park, the pool and an impromptu BBQ with some neighbors.  We really lucked out where our neighborhood is concerned as we landed on a street with some really awesome people that are fun to spend time with and have kids similar in age to ours.  After being cooped up all winter, it's nice to see some familiar faces up close.  It always amazes me how people change over the long winter months ~ especially the kiddos!

Working Monday, Wednesday and Friday is going to be really nice, I think.  One day at a time seems so much less overwhelming than four and a half.  I can deal with the rudest of clients or the crankiest of co~workers for just one day!  

Both boys have a flurry of activities in June.  Gavin started Track & Field last night at our community recreation center.  In two weeks, swim lessons start for both boys.  I'm most excited about this because having them both at the pool in my slower, larger state is a lil nerve racking since neither of them can swim right now!  At the end of June, Tyler starts baseball.  

Neither of my boys are very athletic, so their involvement in sports should be interesting to say the least!  I love that they are open to trying new things to see if they might like them and possibly find some hidden talents?  Tyler's a great runner but he's terrified of balls hitting him in the face and looks away to avoid them.  Gavin's not as scared of the balls but runs like a chicken.  While it's the cutest thing I've ever seen, it makes for some interesting stuff on a playing field!  

Today was the laziest day of them all, though I did manage to be somewhat productive.  I woke up when Shawn did but didn't get out of bed until 7am (I'm usually up, dressed and packing lunches by then!), reading some more of the book I can't tear myself away from for too long.  The boys slept in, exhausted from the activities of the day before no doubt, and we were all in our jammies until almost lunchtime.  

I did manage to list some clothes on eBay.  It seems I can no longer squeeze my size 10 ass into my size 8 maternity clothes, so an upgrade is in order.  Since my 60 pound weight loss that I completed after the last twins were born, I haven't had to wear a size Large.  It's not a good feeling to be there again, but I'd rather be comfortable than have guts billowing out all around clothes that are too tight.   I keep telling myself that I'll be back to an 8 by Christmas...

And right now, there is a handsome Latin man with a cute accent downstairs doing a deep clean on my carpet that I didn't think I needed.  Apparently we are dirtier than I thought and a normal steam clean will simply not do.  I never could resist an accent like that, though.

When he's finished, we'll be banished from our home while the carpet dries... and since Father's Day is right around the corner, I thought we'd venture to the store to look for something special for my dad.  I'm horrible at shopping for him, but with Mom's help I think I have thought of a good gift to get.  I promised the boys a trip to the playground and maybe a smoothie for good behavior, since we're going to enjoy a slightly cooler day than we have had lately.

We'll end the day with dinner and hopefully after the boys go to bed, a movie and snuggle time with my honey.  The worst thing about summer is the lack of good programming on TV but on the other hand, we'll spend more time with those awesome neighbors and maybe finally get through our Netflix queue and the 83 or so books on the shelf waiting to be devoured.

And how was that for the world's most boring post?  :)  I think it's going to be a long, lazy, boring summer... but I'm really, really looking forward to it!  I'll try to spice things up now and then so you'll want to keep coming back for more!