Summer Totally Rules!

 Why?  Just take a look and you'll see.

 

Summer rules because you can do things like find out that the Wylie Library rocks.  These kids had a blast finding new books to read and we ran into cute little Corbett and his brother there, too!  We enjoyed it so much that we went back the very next day.  And checked out 16 books!

  

It also rules because you get to swim with your friends.  We hosted another swim day at Gigi & Boom's and this time Jackson got to invite a friend.  Let's just say that Maddie might have been just as excited as he was to have Matthew there!

After spending a while in the hot tub, this little chickadee was all tuckered out.  She had a snooze on the porch ....

while we watched these three play Marco Polo.

They loved it!

Summer also rules because this baby sister can sleep in and still take a Friday morning post-milk snooze on the couch.  Ah, the life.

It rules because while big brother practices baseball, little sister can have fun with her friend at the park.  These two played for 90 minutes and never got tired.  I'm so jealous of their energy!

While they were playing, baby sister was having a great time cruising around the park. 
Love that smile.

 

It also rules because you get to be all fancy and go out for a late dinner to Tokyo Hayaci sometimes.  This little gal put on her new dress, had me do her hair in a "big side pony," and then put on lip gloss and perfume.  Ha!  You'd of thought we were going to the Ritz!  She loved the food, too, and tried everything there, from the soup and salad, to the chicken, fried rice and grilled veggies.  Her favorite, though, was the grilled shrimp.  Yum!

And finally, quite possibly the #1 reason that summer rules is because little rabbits just might run into your house on a hot summer night to try and get cool!  Yep.  As we were walking back inside our house on Friday around 5:30 that afternoon, a rabbit darted across the sidewalk.  When it did that, it hit my foot and got rerouted straight into our house!  We all ran in after it and attempted for the next 20 minutes to catch it.  It was crazy!  Those little guys are so fast!!  We finally gave up and left it in our utility room.  While we were at dinner with dad, we told him that we had a wild animal cornered in our house.  I think he was just relieved that it wasn't a skunk or something.  He was the man for the job and took care of it when we got home that night by finally catching it with our crab net.  Such a wascally wabbit!