I know that summer doesn’t actually start for another month but today was the first day of summer break for us! Our weather for the day was crazy, it’s been nearly 90 and today it started out with rain and ended dumping snow.

I had big dreams of some epic adventure to kick off summer but once the weather changed we needed to pivot to indoor activities. I do believe in “No bad weather” but our favorite mountain locations were getting 13+ inches of snow today.

Our solution was to head downtown to the Children’s Museum. We LOVE it here.

Our favorite area is the outdoor space, but that will have to wait until another time.

After playing for a few hours the kids ate lunches we packed in the morning in the car while we drove. We stopped at the library to return a bunch of books and videos since we are going to be out of town next week.

When we left the library the snow really started to come down.

We hurried to cover our pots and veggie garden, fingers crossed that our baby plants don’t die!

Cory actually went into his office today, which is rare, so we took the opportunity to visit him.

The kids love seeing the space ship. Cory also took his bike in but had a lot to bring home so we gave him a ride.

Anyone else having crazy weather lately?

We were so excited when Cannon woke up feeling good and his doctor gave him the green light to go to his graduation.

We set up a little graduation breakfast to celebrate!

It was so fun to get to celebrate all of Cannon’s work this year.

The ceremony was so cute and I loved getting to celebrate with Cannon’s friends’

And now we get to celebrate summer, spend all of our time together having all the adventures!!!

It is Cannon’s very last day at his current school and I am feeling ALL the feels. I know I am just emotional because Cannon and Emerald are growing up so so fast.

We started the day with a swim lesson, Cannon has come so far since we started here and I am so proud and excited for him.

After swim lessons we went to Staples to pick up invitations for Cannon’s birthday party.

Cannon has had small, family only parties for the last two years. This year he really wanted to invite his entire class so we rented out the biggest pavilion we could at the local water park and we are excited to celebrate Cannon big this year.

When we got home I worked on our school boards for the last day of school.

Then we took photos to celebrate the end of this school year.

I love these boards and documenting how they change every year.

This has been the most “normal” year for Cannon since he started school in 2019 with just a couple short quarantines due to Covid.

We are so looking forward to summer together and all our adventures but Cannon will miss his classmates so he excited and sad at the same time.

I packed Cannon’s sweet little snack box one last time, and tried not to feel sad about it. I was excited for Cannon to enjoy his last day. Sadly his teacher called me about half way through his day letting me know that he had gotten sick and should be picked up.

I have never seen Cannon so pale and sad. It was such a bummer way to end the year, we aren’t sure what caused him to get so ill since he was completely fine when we dropped him off. We spoke to his doctor and she thinks it’s probably something he ate given that he didn’t have a fever so we are keeping hope alive that this isn’t a new virus we are fighting.

Cannon fell asleep on the couch early and started feeling better after his nap.

I was feeling like Emmy hadn’t been getting as much of my attention lately because of all of the errands for Cannon so while Cannon slept we played in the yard and enjoyed a picnic dinner together. It was really nice to have some time to focus on her and enjoy her funny personality.

I remembered while I was putting Cannon to bed that night that we started the school year with a stomach bug so I guess we are ending the way we started. The one lasted a few days so hopefully this one is easier.

When do kids get out of school where you live?

I have been a bit surprised this week by my emotions. We have a bunch of “lasts” this week. Last soccer practice, last soccer games, last day of school….

I am SO excited for summer it is my favorite by far but I do know that Cannon has loved his teachers and friends and won’t see them next year as they will all be going on to different schools. We also have so much to look forward to so it’s just a little bitter sweet.

We started our day at Cannon’s swim school. We made a deal with him that he could have his own kayak if he swam from one side of the pool to the other on his own. Today HE DID IT! We are so proud.

We ordered this kayak:

We are picking it up tomorrow and I am so happy.

Emmy and I dropped by Target to get graduation goodies for Cannon, and of corse things we didn’t need as well.

After school we decorated Cannon’s mortar board for his graduation ceremony. He picked a space theme and I love it.

Then we went to Cannon’s last soccer practice for the season. We have loved his coach so we hope we are on his team again in the fall. Emmy loved playing at the park every Monday evening.

Then I worked on Cannon’s birthday invitation. I can’t believe he is going to be 6! I am also trying to figure out something really fun to do on Friday with the kids to celebrate our first official day of summer break. I can’t think of anything epic. In 2020 we were in lockdown and school had been out since March. In 2021 we left immediately after school for an epic Colorado road trip. We are headed to Mexico this year but not until Monday….so I need ideas.

Do yo do anything to celebrate the first day of beak?

We had another lazy sick day mostly at home. Cannon is getting a little bit better but I am in the thick of it and Cory and Emmy are just now getting sick =(

We played in the basement for a bit to get some energy out.

Before doing some homeschool.

We did some cuddling and resting on the couch.

But spent the majority of the day outside because it was so nice!

I considered going on a hike but decided that Emmy really didn’t have the energy. The only time we left the house was to run to Costco for more groceries and medicine.

Anyone else fighting a wicked spring cold?

We had the best spring day and it was a nice reminder of how lucky I am to share this life with these lovely little people.

We started the day with swim lesson for Cannon , he is making a lot of progress! Then we drove down to Denver to visit the Children’s Museum.

Cannon and Emerald both love this place so much!

There is so much hands on play!

The last time we visited everything was covered in snow and it was a winter wonderland outside. Now it’s a fun summer oasis. Soon there will be a stream and waterfall to play in as well!

When we got home it was nice enough to get our water table cleaned up for playing in.

I love this time of year and spending so much time outside, it’s the best. I love it here.

What’s it like where you live?

The day started with a little PT for me, I am really trying to get back used to early morning alarms again. Best to get used to it now so in the summer I can avoid running in temps above 75 ( I don’t like the heat).

The kiddos had a friend over in the morning for a play date and they built with every toy they could. It was so much fun.

Cannon is such a little goofball, just getting a whole apple makes him happy, I love it.

We worked some more on our plans for our trip to France in August.

While Cannon was at school Emmy convinced me we needed to play outside. Even though it has been incredibly windy.

After school we hit up the library.

And the carwash.

The kids love it now that they have installed lights that change color as you drive through.

Having some sun and springish like weather makes things seem so much brighter.