two sips of coffee: on summering.

whew, summer what can i say about you? our recent days have been filled with swimming, backyard play, celebrating ada's "real" birthday", butterfly crafting, garage painting, visits with relatives, a stomach virus, park time, painting pottery, AND we even had a SWAT team visit our little home. scary and real! there is nothing like coming home from a date night with your hubbie to a house surrounded by police. i will spare you the details but tell you that now the neighborhood knows the rahbars.

busy, i tell you. i love summer for so many reasons, especially the fact that there is nowhere we really have to be. no strict time schedule. no rushing around. buuuuuttttttt, i will not sugar coat it. summer is HARD. three tiny little kids suctioned to me all day long. every day. playdates are sparse. the weather is HOT. and my two year old has become a pirate who tends to sneak REAL knives from the kitchen to play with. ada and elias fight and argue. alot. li cannot for the life of him follow rules. 1,2,3 magic does not work it's magic on him. ada whines. and, well, miss hanna is actually quite lovely. but she takes up one full arm all day long.

don't get me wrong. summer, i do love you. i always have. i love the vacations, the beach trips, the cook outs, the summer family fun days at the pool. but on my "work" days, you are hard. one handed breakfast, lunch and dinner making, one handed sunscreen lathering on four separate people, one handed disciplining of a sometimes violent two year old, one handed crafting, fixing boo boos, bathing, swimming, cleaning, laundry folding... you get my drift. it is pretty physically exhausting.

the good thing is, we are making it! the kids are happy. i am happy (most of the time). and aside from a few black eyes, ears (oh, and should i mention again, a visit from a SWAT team) our summer has been wonderfully uneventful, yet exciting all the same. only a week and a half until vacation! HOORAY!