I’d like to think that my seemingly more active lifestyle has inspired the rest of the family to be active as well.
We purposely took away a few of our regular activities to make time to just be outdoors. My girls love being outdoors anyway, more than I’d care to admit. Thankfully, I dodged a camping trip this summer. Whew! I probably was the only one happy about that though. But I want to say, we more than made up for it!
We did spend a lot of time at the pool this past summer.
We had play dates and friends, and all sorts of good fun over the 4th of July weekend.
On another night, we were able to get them out and bike.
One of my prouder moments last summer was teaching Sam how to ride her bike. Jamie has the balance bike and soon hopefully she will join her sister pedaling away. It’s nice to see she’s not as timid about taking risks.
For our 13th year anniversary, the girls requested to go to the beach. My children are like me – we love the sand and the sea.
Although I’m not particularly too fond of this sea because it is COLD!
We spent a good portion of the day in the cold water and on the sand. The girls were happy to build their little creations and turn into mermaids.
Then went to visit some of the tide pools. I have to admit it was fun, although I was mostly worried about the slipping and hitting of the head. Thankfully there was none of that, but now I have a mental note to buy water shoes for next time.
And I didn’t have to worry about cleaning off, we had our trusty portable shower!
We did more than one beach clean-up over the summer too (Yes, a True Girl Scout makes the world a better place!).
We pretty much marked all the major holidays this summer and special occasions with some outdoor fun.
Over the Labor Day weekend we went up to Big Bear and did a quick hike around the neighborhood.
Then there was some kayaking fun in the lake filled with moss. Ewww. I can’t say the girls didn’t enjoy it though.
As we move into fall, we look back and it still felt like a jam-packed summer. I think I’m still recovering from it all. But I can’t deny it was a lot of fun!