A very busy summer and fall

For some, summers are more relaxed, laid back and more fun than any other time of the year! For us, I guess only the "more fun" part applies as somehow we manage to fill up our schedules to the BRIM and I'm not kidding. But it's by choice, I guess and although very exhausting at times, it's thrilling too.

Right now we're joggling swimming, piano, and ballet classes during week nights to which we've added the weekly rock climbing visit to the gym (usually on Saturday mornings.) Fall won't be much different, it'll actually be just the same with kindergarten homework added on top of it.

Speaking of busy and fun summers, Ella got to go on so many great field trips with her Explorer's class at Primrose. So far she visited  Legoland, Grapevine Springs Park, Outdoor World, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, Heritage Farmstead & Museum, Lake Highlands Spray Grounds, Skate Town, Forth Worth Museum of Nature and Science, and Sea Life. Upcoming trips include Bricks 4 Kids and Ripley's Believe It or Not. So happy that she gets to go, see, learn, and experience so many cool things. (It's also great because her summer camp calendar serves as a city attractions guide that comes in very handy when you're still relatively new to the area and are looking for fun things to do with family and friends.) She already has favorite places that she wants to go back to.
And pretty soon there will be something extra that'll need to be scheduled and committed to in our schedules. Something very special.

Sometimes I wonder how will we do it all?!!? And then the little "refrain" comes to mind " I think I can, I think I can....!" We'll just have to get even better at time management and make the most of every single minute of the day, that's all! (Big sigh....!)