Hello Summer

Hello Summer

{inspired by Lisa Leonard's Hello Monday Series}

Hello chubby cheeks, and melted sticky popsicle that collects in the creases of your neck.

Hello tan Summer {and shoe-less} toddler toes.

Hello to my go-to Summer shoes.

Hello local kiddos learning to sail.

And hello crazy lake mansions that I love to gawk at {and imagine I live in}.

Hello to a Baby W who would love to go swimming all day long.

And hello to a baby who prefers falling in the pool rather than jumping.

Hello to the hammock that I have good intentions of finally using.

Hello old cement duck named Gladys that we have to visit every day, so that Baby W can point and say Guck, Guck.

Hello to Baby W's best buddies.

And hello to the Buzz Lightyear that was mine when I was a kid {top shelf, far left, standing up}.

Hello evening game night with hot chocolate and whipped cream on the back patio.

Hello new-fangled Monopoly board {I miss the classic version}.

Hello to my favorite Monopoly properties.

Hello to the braggy winner of game night and hello to the poor sport behind the camera.

And Hello to our Summer fun list:

1. Walk to the lake and feed the ducks

2. Ride bikes around the lake

3. Go to the Santa Barbara zoo

4. Go to Underwood Family Farms and pick berries

5. Learn to bake a homemade pie with said berries

6. Teach Baby W to swim

7. Get shaved ice

8. Build a sand castle at Zuma beach

9. Go on a picnic

10. Make a tent in the living room and watch a movie

11. Go on a night walk

12. Make water balloons

13. Finger paint

14. Take Baby W fishing

15. Throw fish back in lake

16. Have a back "patio" BBQ with friends

17. Get a wagon

18. Play in the sprinklers

19. Visit the fire station

20. Take Baby W to pick out a new book at Barnes & Noble

*what am I forgetting?

What's on your Summer list?