This is our last week of Home School before summer break!

We are sooooooooooo ready for a break!

I thought that Memorial Day marked the first day of Summer, but I looked it up online and learned that the true, official first day of Summer for the United States is really always on June 20 or 21 when the sun is farthest north at the Summer Solstice. So officially we still have a few weeks until Summer begins, but it is so close… we can taste it!

We recently visited our local fruit market and it was filled with beautiful ripe delicious summer fruits that looked and smelled so good!

We’re gettin’ ancy to have some time off from indoor academics and to get outside and enjoy a summer filled with less structured days planting a new garden, swimming in the pool, painting, picnicking, barbecuing, and taking day trips to fun places.

I’ll be hosting a Blog Hop on Tuesdays this Summer where you can show off all the fun things you and your family are doing to keep life fun and interesting this Summer. Click here for Blog Hop Info.

With a season of change on the horizon, there is so much to be grateful for…

189. fresh fruit in all of it’s many varieties

190. planting a seed and watching it produce something amazing

191. dramatic change in daily schedules which makes life less redundant

192. warm dry days with cool breezes

193. shady trees

194. lady bugs

195. butterflies

196. singing birds

197. that the sky is blue

198. white fluffy clouds

199. beautiful sunsets

200. porch swings

201. longer days of sunlight

202. shirtless, barefoot, happy baby boys

203. days when perfect weather allures you to find any reason to stay outside

204. picnics

205. noses and mouths covered in ice cream

206. Popsicle juice dripping from chins

207. swimming pools

208. family dinners outside

209. summer reading

210. family vacations

211. day trips

212. lakes

213. rivers

214. beaches

215. mountains

216. forests

217. zoos

218. aquariums

219. water slides

220. smoothies

221. corn on the cob

222. sweet cold watermelon

223. shish-ka-bob

224. pineapple

I’m lovin’ that Summer is almost here!!!

What kinds of things are getting you all excited and grateful for Summer?

3 Responses to “Summer Is So Close… We Can Taste It!”