Signs of summer...

***First sign of summer... taking a summer hiatus from daycare for the little ladies!***

Usually during the summer, I would have Taylor go every other week or so, just to keep in the groove with her routine in her classroom, but this summer, we are taking a break until August. The girls went a couple times after school was out (lots of things on the to-do list for this mama after the craziness of school finished!), and those were the last days for Camryn in the baby room! When we start going back in August, she will officially be a "wobbler". :o) It was a bit of a sad last day because we had to say good-bye to a woman who has been a part of taking care and raising my girls for the past three years! Miss Dawn was the first "teacher" I met at our daycare, who helped reassure me over the phone and in person that Taylor would be just fine when I would have to leave her to go back to work. YEARS of experience with working with babies, Miss Dawn often helped me with the new-mommy learning curve when Taylor was little, and you could always tell that the babies in her room were her first priority.

We will still get to see Miss Dawn around the building, but I will miss having a little one her in room!

We are so grateful for such a loving woman who took good care of our girls when they were babies. :o)

***Second sign of summer - an abundance of FRESH FRUIT!!***

Had to include this picture - part of our massive fruit consumption has come from Ryan's parents who have strawberries in their garden. They gave us 9 quarts of strawberries for free! This is not even than half of them! Yum!!

***Third sign of summer - playdates!!

LOVE playdates with friends in the summer...helps keep me and the girl's sanity a bit each week to get out and do different things with other kids!

We went to the beach with a bunch of teachers and their kids last week (gotta love being friends with people who have lakefront property :)). So many kids, and so much fun!

Ty and Taylor were SO excited to hang out, again! They have missed seeing each other at daycare! (Holding hands, heading down to the beach)

And then we met with a pretty cool little dude and his mama at a new park and had a picnic lunch. FUN afternoon! Camryn and Charlie are pretty close in age, which is fun! And, Jana and I got to catch up on a bunch of mommy and teacher talk, too. :o) 

Love summer. Love it. :o)