Good Bye Summer

You didn't last very long!

When we left for South America, you hadn't showed up yet. But when we returned you had made yourself at home with 100+ heat so many days. You made me make peace with my hard feelings toward plastic kid things as I grew to love this ugly little baby pool that a neighbor no longer cared for. The girls decked it out with their very own diving board--simple (plastic) pleasures...

And you made me appreciate modern luxuries like air conditioning when the humidity drove us indoors to soak up the sun from afar....

 And then, just like that, you were gone!

We'll miss you and your impromptu firepits...

and carousel rides with good friends...

We'll save a place in our hearts for you. But now we're off to enjoy fall!