Invincible summer

This is a post I've had in draft mode since June 7! I drafted it just weeks after the start of Henry's summer break from preschool. I think I never posted it because I wasn't quite pleased with the pictures and wanted to add more.

Clearly, it's not summer any more. I saw on the local news just a few nights ago that out of the 28 days we'd had in October, we'd had 18 days of measurable rainfall. It feels like this rain might never end and I wake eager every morning hoping to see the sun, even just a splinter of sun breaking through the clouds. Just yesterday when it felt like the gloominess might never end, I remembered this quote:
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." -Albert Camus
Here are a few snapshots from our early days of summer. If this wasn't good enough for me to share in June, it's sure looking really good to me now.
Invincible summer.


This week we welcomed J u n e and welcomed summer. There was lots of
s u n s h i n e so we spent most of our days outside playing.

Our week was filled with:
riding bikes, sometimes just around the block and other times to the bakery for a huge, iced s u g a r c o o k i e.
88 cent ice-cream c o n e s at Baskin Robbins (also just a bike ride away).
sliding, swinging, climbing, dangling and just-plain playing at the p a r k.
splashing in the b l u e-plastic kiddie pool.
running through the sprinkler.
f a r m i n g for a day.
sniffing freshly bloomed peonies.
eating picnic lunches o u t s i d e on the deck.
making sand castles and digging in the d i r t.
grilling cheeseburgers.
playing with friends.
mowing g r a s s.
popsicles on the front porch s w i n g.