So nice to be able to post a few times on here but in about 10 minutes I will have my 3 grandchildren here. Going to be busy! We will have to go outside early to play because by the time it gets near noon we have to shut ourselves inside, way too hot! We might take the bikes out today.
I was reminiscing last night of the summers past with my kids. I absolutely LOVED my kids being out for the summer and felt sad when they had to go back to school. We had so much fun!!! I would babysit kids all summer and we had a blast all summer long. It was a lot of work but we did so much! Traveling, swimming, Chuck E. Cheese, trips downtown on the Dart Light Rail and more.
I would sometimes keep the kids I babysat overnight and have a camp out. I would tell them we can "stay up all night long" and watch movies. We would all gather in the living room with our sleeping bags for the big night, have a few snacks then had to lay down, no getting up and running around. They thought they were up "all night" but in reality, they were out during the first hour of the movie. They just thought that was so cool to tell their parents they were up all night! The parents got a kick out of that.
My daughter, son and I talk about this a lot. Now I get to have this fun with my grandchildren. It's still hard work and I get tired no matter what but we make it as fun as possible. I need more breaks more than I use to need. Hard keeping up with the kids! I need their energy! =)