I think today fully qualifies as a Lazy Saturday. I kinda sorta slept in while I listened to the girls play. When I got up, I got breakfast for all of us, changed out some clothes in the laundry, packed a cooler of drinks and snacks and then headed to the pool!
I don’t think we’d ever been out that early. The girls were confused when we still had shade on the pool from the neighbors on the East side of our house.
We all went in and out of the pool. I read The Host on and off and the girls kept busy playing and swimming. They were mostly content on their own.
Scott had gone to help someone he works with do something somewhere (if you can’t tell, I didn’t pay much attention) but on the way back, it was lunchtime and he grabbed us some take-out. I think about 2:30 I had finally out done Lexi and she changed her own clothes and went inside. Emma hung in until about 3 and then I think I was in about 3:30 or so.
It was grand! I of course have a sunburn to show for the day. I did manage to keep sunblock on my shoulders and face where it normally is the worst.
This evening we ate leftover casserole at Mom’s and then helped them pick lots of great stuff from their garden….tomatoes, corn, green peppers and zucchini. Watermelon and cantaloupe are growing too. We don’t live in farming country. The most I see being grown for business is peaches and strawberries. Many folks have small gardens but generally I’m not really familiar with gardening. But Mom and Dad’s garden has truly amazed me. It’s like oh my, you can actually eat the stuff that’s growing on that plant! Before tonight I don’t think I’d ever seen a green pepper on a plant. Mom is probably like Amy, we had gardens all the time! And I guess we did but I don’t know, it just still amazes me. Maybe because I have the farthest thing from a green thumb you can have!
Right now the kids are screaming at me to come watch the start of Disney’s latest movie Princess Protection Program. A movie is the perfect thing to top off a lazy Saturday!