Sweet summertime

This picture cracks me up for so many reasons.  Evie has us all wrapped tightly around her fingers!  Notice who has the remote?  Notice who has a mouth full of Harper's cereal?  I might also point out that she knows how to use the remote, and she had already eaten!  :)   Her mom came to get her not long after this was taken.  She was not too happy about leaving!  We all know by now that we are in a weird time with life in general.  We are trying hard to stay close to home, avoid crowded areas, we are not playing any sports, most of the summer camps and activities our kids have always loved in the summer are cancelled this year.  It makes me extra thankful for this beautiful little baby girl.  She is a good distraction for all of us!

The city pool opened on Monday.  We are still waiting for the pool guy to come to our house to install our pool.  The girls were really wanting to go to the opening day.  We did head in, but when we got there, the pool was so full of people, that we decided it maybe wasn't safe.  So we went to the farmer's market instead.  The pool manager asked Jim why she hadn't seen the girls yet this year, and Jim told her that I wasn't letting them swim if it was crowded.  Yesterday afternoon, she sent me a text and said that the pool was pretty empty!  I guess it is nice to have informants!  I told the girls they could go in for a little while!  They were more than ready!  Of course, we had to stop off and pick up Landrie, because Quincy cannot possibly swim without a friend!  I didn't get any pictures of Quincy or Landrie!  They all said it was nice to be back in the water!  Saige was the happiest though, because she got to see her friend Lylah.  She hasn't seen Lylah since before school let out for spring break.  I am going to say that if the kids are expected to be socially distant when school resumes, Saige and Lylah are going to be in trouble!  :)

We are finding that although are kids are ok with the pandemic guidelines, staying home when we can, being socially distant when possible, etc, they also soak up any little piece of normal that they can.  I think when this pandemic is under control, they will appreciate the little things so much more!