Label Me Summertime! I wish summer could last all year-long. I guess I could move to another Country where it is warm and sunny 24/7? Would you want to move with me?
I am hearing the clock tick – toc…..can you hear it ticking…. I dare not look at the calendar anymore I just don’t want the summer to end. Ok it is nearing the end of July. Do you remember when you were a kid in elementary school and the summers seemed to last forever and you didn’t need a full agenda all summer. Your Mom would simply open the door and say to you “see you at supper time, and be good!” Perhaps I am showing my age a wee bit by remembering my summers carefree, easy breezy. I think it was simply different times and a different world. Mom’s & Dad’s would you dare think of saying that to your kids today? Why has our society changed so much in such a short time?
I am reading a lot these days about reverting back to those 70’s kind of summers and just taking it easy with the kids and not planning a full agenda for them each day of the week. Being a Mother I have to admit it does seem daunting not to have some kind of plan. Or do we over-plan and over-schedule these kids too much. I know I certainly can overwhelm myself with my planning and then I all of a sudden I just feel like jumping into the water and forgetting it all.
Maybe that is what summers are for, just slow the pace a little and just enjoy each others company – just like these kid’s in this photo. Ahhh those were the days….. just hanging out with the neighbour kids – we didn’t spend a lot of time on the docks. However I do remember hop scotch, Barbies, hide and seek, along with popsicles on the sidewalk if we were lucky.
Thinking back I do remember many a time on the dock at my Grandfathers cottage fishing. I would catch buckets upon bucket of perch each day. I remember my father finally showing me how to clean a fish at an early age as he couldn’t keep up with my “catch of the day!”. MM MM… those are some good memories. Just me, the dock and a fishing pole.
Enjoy those summer days and summer nights everyone – don’t be afraid to jump in and enjoy the fun of summer, I will race you!
Talk soon ~
Nancy
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