Summertime is grand
Slip and Slide, sprinkler, the pool,
bikes, and sidewalk chalk
Fireworks, ice cream,
lingering walks to the park,
catching lightning bugs
Fresh watermelon,
lemonade, cook-outs, iced tea
twilight basketball
Flowers in full bloom,
planning vacations (woo hooo!)
softball, soccer, sun
Corn on the cob (yum)
Popsicles, bratwursts, lawn chairs
scent of fresh-cut lawns
There is a flip side…
“Mommy, can we go outside???”
patience, dear kiddies
House won’t clean itself
dishes begin to pile up
beds remain unmade
But, the pool, the POOL!
Hang on, Mommy’s reading blogs
Almost done! Hang on!
Mommy, can we PLEASE
set up the slip and slide now???
it will be SO fun!
Time to go yet, Mom?
Ready for that bike ride NOW?
Let’s go, hurry UP!
Can we do this? Can
we do that? What about this?
Oooo, ooo, OOOO and THAT!
Bedtime is postponed
It’s much too light for sleeping
(Where’d I put that wine?)
Summer, I do love
all you have to offer us
you just wear me out
Wheee!
twilight basketball
lightning bug family
testing the waters
EeEeEeK!
Nicely done.
You know Luc’s not even two and I am already having to fend off the “‘SIDE!” requests.
yay! can we come over!? LOL
Yay, yay and yay for summer! Your haiku covered all the best of summer, even if it makes for some serious tired at the end of the day.
What a great summer haiku!! I’m with you on everything except catching bugs. Eeeeek!!!
Ah, this makes me long for summertime when I was seven. The freedom your girls most feel right now. They don’t even realize it – it’s one of those intangibles they won’t even think about til they are our age!
Great pics.
Summer just goes too fast. . . I love the long lazy days, even if my house is a mess. Sigh.
You hit the nail on the head with that one. It’s so hard to concentrate on blogging when they want to be out & enjoying the weather.
Summer is good for the soul and bad for housework in my life…