First real day of summer break

Today in honor of summer, we shed the shaggy doo for Samuel. He has the thickest hair and it grows sooo fast! We tried to see how big we could make it before we saw how small we could make it! Here's the before...

...And here's the after... Notice the unhappy grimace on the before and the beaming smile on the after. It was so cute to hear his giggle once he saw his new look! For the summer, shorter is better, for sure. The best part? He doesn't have to comb it or really wash it (or so he thinks!)

My sweet children spent the morning picking up things that had been not taken care of during the last week of not feeling totally perky, and filled bags with toys, books, and stuffed animals to bless other children with. Don't they look like sweet angels? and so they are!

We're trying to plan our summer so we have plenty of fun activities during the weeks. So far, we have the idea of a library day, play date day, a science experiment day, a babysitter day, a special outing day each week. I've got 2 science books, plenty of craft supplies, some school curriculum they didn't finish during the year, and a list of things from my friend Denise. That should do it for us for a while.