How Do I Love Thee, Summer? Let Me Count The Ways!



1. I love how long the days are--I feel like we can pack three days of activity into one!

2. I love how Jonah takes Ray fishing.

3. I love that we can swim everyday if we want. (And for those of you that see us at the pool, YES we swim everyday.)

4. I love that it's HOT--and I never have to log on to weather.com to see what kind of clothes to wear.

5. I love NOT wearing socks, tights, leggings . . .  or shoes!

6. I love eating fruit--that's in season.

7. I love losing the routine of school--early-rising, packing lunches, homework, and the likes.

8. I love spending time outside--at all hours of the day (last night I was weeding at 8pm.).

9. I love using the BBQ.

10. I love filling up the kiddie pool and watching Harriet-Dog go in it when no one is looking.

11. I love street parties with neighbors.

12. I love seeing our lawn GREEN (okay, greener).

13. I love the smell of suntan lotion.

14. I love NOT WEARING as much make-up. (I really am wearing less people, promise. I joke with my friends--no matter what, I have to have mascara. ABCs of me. Sorry.)

15. I love that the kids sleep in.

16. I love letting the kids pick their own clothes--and having no cares about it. Red shirt and purple sweats? Why not? Halloween costume and speedo? Heck yeh!

17. I love feeling the heat of concrete on my feet as I walk around--without shoes (see #5).

18. I love summer reading.

And I really could go on and on and on.

After thinking about it, I realize summer IS my favorite season. If I ever hit the lottery (Mormon-style, so some gameshow or something), I think I'd like to pack the family up and trot the globe for a year just chasing summer. It would be like our own "Endless Summer"--where we just move from country to country as the summer marches into new places.

June-August in USA; Sept-December in Australia.

That would be fun.

Or would it mess up my biorhythms? LOL!

What's your favorite season? And why?

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