the first swim of the summer

How I spent April Fools Day...

8:00 AM- woke up to happy kids playing and Debbie making breakfast.

9:00 AM- take the dog (and 8 kids) on a walk around the neighborhood.

10:00 AM- start school. Prayer, pledge, silly songs, science experiment, animal facts quiz. Deb scrubbed my bathrooms while I kept the kids occupied. My bathrooms were so dirty... I love my sis!

11:00 AM- Tuna sandwiches for lunch.

12:00 PM- Swimming! Nothing makes me happier than laying by the pool and hearing the kids splash. LOVE this time of year!

2:00 PM- trip to Sonic for slushies, which we took back to the pool.

3:00 PM- I went home with the 4 youngest kids. Deb and the oldest 4 stayed and swam for a while.. it was so hard to leave!

3:30 PM- bubble bath for me. Followed by a short nap. Can this day get any better? Yes, it can.

5:00 PM- Aaron home from work early. Date night!

5:30 PM- Dinner at Olive Garden. Just me and my man. Fantastic future-planning conversation. Aaron keeps teasing me because while at dinner I told him, "I'm not just anybody." I wasn't being defensive-- just stating the facts.

7:00 PM- Book club with our homeschooling group. I've never done a couples book club before, and I love it. Next month we're reading The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis. Can't wait to read it!

10:00 PM- Come home to sleeping kids and a spotless house. Did I mention how much I love my sis? We stayed up late talking-- even considered going to a late showing of the new Jane Eyre movie, but ended up hitting the sack around midnight.

Perfect day. No April Fools jokes. I got in trouble last year for telling Aaron that we were at the hospital with Zack who swallowed a quarter. He still hasn't forgiven me, so I was a sweetie this year and didn't fool around. I did give the boys each a gift. New swimsuits. They've been sitting in a closet since the end of last summer, when I bought them each for a buck. Love these boys and their muscles.