A Childhood summer the first few weeks in photos

 the little brother finished up his lax season with an official scrimmage and a cupcake party.  He was over the top excited about his three goals scored. 

 There is some very serious gaming going on......trading properties is not an easy bargin!

 apparently, when your child (girl) is the only child who says an unprompted Thank you all day at Trader Joes, they come chasing after you in the parking lot and give you a bouquet of flowers.....sweet!

 There are lots of little crafts going on all the time, super fast paper airplanes, paper hearts, boomerangs, birds that have flappy wings.  I keep telling myself that I will someday miss all the little bits of things I find around. 

He updated his equipment with some new stringing on the stick.  I loved suprising him with this one.

 Strawberry Shortcake every night....why not, the season is so, so short (stay tuned for our picking adventure pics! We got 20 lbs worth)

 I broke down and bought one of thse carts from Sams club to hold all said bits of paper and their craft projects.  And yes, he put it together by himself when daddy was away.  Did you know it also doubles as a library cart and an excellent cart for dishwasher unloading. 

 This girl had Farm camp last week.  My guess is that she will probably work there some day.  She looks so grown up here!

 Ahhh, My Garden helper.  He loves picking things, cutting greens with scissors, and inspecting the plants, letting me know what needs weeding and watering.  And he is oh so trying to flush that chipmunk out of it's hole!  Oh the little stories he shares with me when we're spending some time in the garden.  Eight really is a great age.  Old enough to make his own bed and pack his own lunch, but still young enough to get excited about the little things (and too young for that serious talking back eye rolling teenager mouth!).  I hope he always takes these memories with him somehow. He's a sweet one this boy. 

 He spends his days (and all meals up at the counter) reading his favorite comics....Calvin and Hobbs and Big Nate.

Garlic Scapes, greens and strawberries are coming in from the garden these days.  When it's not raining, we are getting out as much as possible in this great state of ours (who would want to leave this place in the summer!) Here's to a simple childhood summer,  Hope yours is going great.