This has been our second summer with our own little sweetness and it has been a different sort of sweet than the first.
Last summer we were lucky to get outside to run errands and maybe grab an EARLY walk or two during the week. The 100s came in early June and just wouldn't quit. With an infant, those temperatures just don't add up to a lot of time to soak up the rays and do much of anything. There were plenty of naps and short dips in the pool, and perhaps one trip to the zoo.
So- we welcomed this summertime with an opportunity to show it to a toddler with curiosity bursting at her seams. The 100s didn't really come until mid-July this year, and the mornings still offer a decent amount of time for getting out and playing in sand tables, feeding the ducks that go "wuack, wuack" {Quack, Quack in MC speak}, and a few trips to the zoo and splash pad. We routinely hit up the library for story time and the farmer's market {grazing on some of the finds as we hunt for the rest of our goods}.
Our little family is truly blessed that we get to spend most of these summer months together. With two teachers, and now just one, summer is definitely a time for us.
Here are just a few of our sweet memories from the past month as summer slowly begins to wind down...
Sidewalk Chalking
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| Ever so often she would stop her own doodles and come try and help me with mine. |
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| Who can resist a chalk-dusted diaper bottom? |
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| Melt. |
Birthday Celebrations filled with sweet treats
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| Happy 3rd, sweet Grace! You're awesome and we love you. |
Discovering the dress up drawer.
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| All chosen by her. Hmm...a fishing bunny that likes to cook and wears ladybug wings for fun? |
Pillow Forts and Camp Stories
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| Showing off the tent to daddy! |
A free trip to the Sam Noble Museum to explore with Nana. Sweet!
And, helping in the kitchen to make our own sweet treats...{definitely not one of our Paleo adventures, but like I said- we splurge here and there. ;) }
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| She was beyond excited to see the cookbook and help dump in the ingredients! |
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| I love her look of concentration just about as much as I love the tufts of hair she finally has in this picture! |
And now, it is August. August used to bring up so many emotions; excitement, anxiety, expectation. All brought by the upcoming school year. That time has come for daddy. Time for him to hit the grind and for mama to start her new adventure. It feels odd in some ways not having somewhere to prepare and things to plan, and for this I am humbly grateful. Not everyone gets the opportunity that we are attempting, and I don't want to forget the blessing that it is. My heart is with all of the teachers that are starting and that have already started in the upcoming weeks. Your job is unlike any other- harder than many and more rewarding than most. You are on the front lines of our future, and I hope that you know how valued you are and how important- no matter what some people may think. Your work brings fruit. Just as sweet as those summer berries and melons.
Chocolatetown Chip Cookies
3/4 c butter
1/2 c granulated sugar
1 c packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 c chocolate chips of your choosing {we personally prefer dark chocolate}
Cream the butter, sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat well. Sift together the flour, baking soda and slat; add to the creamed mixture. Add the chips and blend well. Drop by teaspoonfuls {or more if you like bigger cookies, like we do!} onto a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes.
{Best made with helping hands, especially little ones, like my friend Meg has inspired me to do}
taken from Hershey's 1934 Cookbook, the revised 1971 edition. ;)
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