summer is....

summer calls for shirtless days and walks with your favorite helicopter

 fancy {free} dinner dates with cows

 wearing two of Daddy's shirts, especially in the scantily-clad fashion

 beach parties

two girls at a time, of course

practicing blowing your best bubbles and swallowing lots of super clean pool water

 and if you must shower indoors, at least throw as many toys out of the bath as possible to even out the water : toy ratio inside the bath vs. outside the bath

 sipping on {free} Slurpees from 7-11, remembering you don't like anything but water, 

and sharing the rest with Mommy

 taking a political "I approve this upcoming little sister" shot

{20 weeks: she's growing and kicking in there}

 getting back to nature at Big Bear for Girls' Camp

 nursing headaches, bloody noses, blisters, ingrown toenails, bug bites, and earaches of the 

sweetest, strongest, most beautiful young women

 getting out of your bed at 4am to gently push the snoring 12-year-old to her side so she stops snoring...after listening to uncontrollable giggling for hours

 playing tag with balloons while basking in the sunlight....and dodging cars

 spying on skimboarders flipping and crashing

loving the one you're with

and missing the ones that you're leaving....