summer days

This was our first real week of summer.  After two weeks of camps and one week of vacation we woke up Monday morning to our home and a sense of expansive time with few plans.  Lukas was at first totally disturbed.  He was in a panic to know what we were going to do.  This caused us to pull out paper and pencil and a ruler and make a calendar of the next two months.  Somehow knowing that there were many weeks full of plans ahead helped him to relax into a week without many plans. We called this week our down time.   Somehow, also, plans emerged again and again magically from the moment.  Here is our week.....
Monday....friends came over to play and we made muffins and then loaded back packs up with books and pillows and blankets and went up into the tree house to read.  It was raining and our plan to bike had been foiled....so we sought out a cozy moment instead....cozy it was.  On Tuesday we went to Oma and Opa's and swam in their pool and ate lunch.  Then we headed to the river to meet friends and play.  It was a long, hot day full of cool water and play.  It ended in a wild and looming Thunderstorm.  On Wednesday we drove to Middlebury to see a puppet show.  The show was cancelled but we picnicked and played at the playground and then head back to their house we stayed for dinner.  Drove home and everyone fell asleep....not me though...thankfully.  On Thursday we rode our bikes to the library in Burlington and watched a magic show.  We then read books.  One book had a recipe for a cake in the back so we decided to bike home and bake the cake.  The bike broke on the way home and so we walked.  We still made the cake though.  We ate it in the tree house after decorating for our party.  Papa came home and joined us up there for some yummy warm cake!  On Friday we went to a beautiful public garden space for stories....bubbles....painting and some garden work!  We even got to go inside the libraries book mobile.  Lukas was wide eyed upon entering and immediately wanted to read inside it.  Julien wanted to drive it.  Julien also couldn't stop eating Gooseberries and despite my many warnings did not get a tummy ache.  We came home and had lunch.  The boys were a bit moody and tired all afternoon.  I think they needed some space and quiet after our busy week of having down time.  I think that I needed a little space too.  Summer is so full.  Even when you don't have plans.