It has begun

Well, it is here. Summer. I have been nervous about the kids being out of school. I was not sure how I would fit in work and all our summer activities. It could all change tomorrow but so far so good. I have been waking up really early and getting most of my work done before the kids are awake. It has helped a lot. We started the summer off with a bang with VBS and swimming lessons but I will post about that later.

I knew I had to get a little organized and "plan" part of our summer. So I looked at several blogs and put together a chart for each kid. On it I put their chores of course. I have done a chore packet before and loved it but I wanted to change it up a little since they are older now. We also added a summer bucket list. These are some fun goals we decided on together. Learning to swim was #1 on both their lists. And then lastly we added some personal goals. These are things we are working on to improve ourselves. They include things like Paige getting out of pullups at night. I took these pictures a few days ago and we have since added to both lists. I am working on planning something special if we achieve our goals at the end of the summer.

So far it is working great. I even made my own "personal goals" list which includes things like doing a complete load of laundry everyday. Lol. I can't expect my kids to do something I would not right?

Anyways, when we are not working on our bucket lists and goals we are eating Shipleys donuts and just hanging out.

Only a week in, but so far it is a great summer!