Haiku Friday - The Summer Love/Hate Edition

 

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!

Haiku Friday - Grandma K’s pool

 

Can we go swimming?

It’s so hot today, Mommy!

Grandma’s pool sounds good.

 

Nicer than our pool.

Fewer people, anyway.

Warmer water, too.

 

Yay!  All to ourselves!

Free to jump, splash, float and play.

Grandma, watch this trick!

 

No need for floaties.

(True, at least for the oldest.)

Showing off is fun.

 

Cannonball! is yelled

Jump!  Sploosh!  Oops! Lost my goggles!

Dad, can you help me?

 

Time to get out now!

Warm, fluffy towels await.

Can’t wait ’till next time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haiku Friday - back to rights

 

Last week?  I screwed up.

Words instead of syllables

What was I thinking?

 

 Thought I’d done it wrong

every week prior to that

I checked.  Guess not.  Doh!

 

Got it right this time

(and every time from now on!)

Gain back some respect

 

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LOVING this weather!

Kids can be outside all day

Windows are open

 

Don’t want to come in

Not even for lunch - let’s have

a picnic outside!

 

Can we, Mom?  Can we?

Grab the tablecloth and drinks

I’ll bring out the food

 

Sandwich, mac and cheese,

green beans and gummies, yum yum!

What could be better?

 

 This is SO fun, Mom!

Can we do this EVERY day?

We’ll see, we’ll see….*sigh*

 

What?  “*sigh*” is TOTALLY a syllable. 

See what I set myself up for?  Now the kids’ll want to do this every day.  Oh boy.

Though it WAS fun.  Just a lot of extra work.  And of course, the kids are in/out/in/out/in/out. 

Ah, summer break.