Is it summer yet?

I considered yesterday a "preview" to summer. Derrick took the whole day off work, since it wasn't worth it for him to waste the gas to arrive at school in the afternoon, once all the academics had been covered. Somehow he could not justify driving 80 miles round trip to supervise his kids during lunch, recess and bus loading. So we spent a wonderful day as a family running errands, eating lunch together, taking naps and resting, mucking in the creek (the boys...not me) and mowing the lawn (Derrick...not me). I took an afternoon walk with Andrew and Farley and left Scott and Derrick behind. What a difference it is to push a 35 pound stroller as opposed to 80+ pounds!

When I woke this morning, my first thought was "when is summer going to be here?" Since Derrick's county started three weeks late in the fall, he has to work three weeks later than all the other school systems in the area. Thus, all of our friends who teach in other counties have their last days of school this week. Derrick still has 13 long days! All of us are eagerly anticipating spending days with Daddy at home.