Oh, What do you do in the Summer Time…?

Now that summer has officially ended I will re-cap some of our daily summer activities. Arizona Summers are hot; so most of our time is spent indoors, though we do go out for small bouts of time so we don’t go CRAZY! So here’s what we do in the summer time…

The girls like getting out the macaroni bucket and making cakes and pies with macaroni or pretend lunches, and we pretend eat it, or they just sit in it and play.

Finding rolly pollies is a outside favorite thing to do. Then watching them crawl around and roll in balls.

Oh, and reading books. We go to the library about every other week to choose 10 new books and the girls love reading. They always want us to read them stories but sometime they will just sit down themselves when I say it is quite reading time and look at the pictures.

Oh, and popcorn parties are a frequent favorite. We have an air popper and the girls will stand on a chair pour in the popcorn and watch it pop. Then we usually go outside or sit in a circle in the family room and have our popcorn party. It most definitely is a favorite treat.

The Summer here is monsoon season so we get fun warm rains. We could only find one umbrella this day so Anna insisted she was going to use it. Carefree Elise just said OK, and went and picked up the bucket on the porch and put it over her head for her umbrella. When Anna saw Elise walking around with an bucket on her head she thought it looked pretty fun so she said, “Elise, let’s switch.”

Taking their dolls on a walk in the baby doll strollers is also a very enjoyable activity.

Tea parties are often requested. We always use the toy bucket as a table and the girls just love pouring their own tea, usually water but sometimes they get Gatorade if they are lucky. They will say “darling” and love the variety of eating this way. They always want me to join in with them.

Making bubble crowns is a very mermaid thing to do. It sure makes bath time fun.

Blowing bubbles usually last until they spill all their bubbles, which does not take them very long to do. Notice when Elise concentrates that little tongue of hers comes out. I wonder where she got that from?

Dressing up like princesses and dancing to princess music is quite a common occurrence here. The girls like putting on the same thing and being princesses together.

Their wonderful daddy made play dough for them and they request this activity quite often. They like taking the cookie cutters and making lots of shapes.

Girls day and Nana’s house. Yes, the girls favorite place to go is Nana’s house. It basically is their second home. We would go over there at least once a week, and all summer long they got to swim and play in Nana’s backyard. And having girls day and hanging out with the family and cousins is always a treat.

Another absolute new favorite for them is putting together puzzles. They absolutely love it and don’t tire of it. It is requested daily. I have to sit there with them and help them a bit but they are getting good. Anna can do a 24 piece puzzle on her own and Elise can do an 18 piece on her own now. I figure it is good for them. It will build their problem solving skills, their fine motor skills and, concentration.

And most possibly the #1 favorite summertime activity…We swim in a pool to keep ourselves cool. Oh, the girls love going swimming and really got comfortable in the water this summer. They have learned to swim pretty fast with their floaties on and just love playing out there.

Is that what you do?… So do I.