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I love the long lazy days of summer. I have to be honest and admit to you I’m not one of those moms who schedules every second of her kids summer instead I fill our days with trips to the pool, ice cream making and lots of time to just lay around the house.
I like being in my home with my kids and just letting them do their thing. Recently we moved and my kids had a great time showing me stuff they discovered that they’d forgotten they’d made. A little note from son addressed to ‘whoever finds this’ with some lyrics of a song he used to like inside it. My daughter discovered a fan from a Disney trip and came down stairs to show me how she used to dance with it.
By being home my kids have a chance to discover their creativity in those moments when they are almost bored. Because that is the moment when they are forced to think of something to do. It was in a moment like that last summer when we were camping with my nieces and nephew that my daughter came up with the spark of her first short story. Then every night while they were camping she added and embellished that story until it took shape.
It was a moment like that when my sun decided he had a guitar hanging on the wall and he was going to try to write a song. Spending hours in his room playing notes until he found just the right ones to string together.
I guess in my house summertime isn’t just when the living is easy, it’s also when the living is very creative!
Happy Friday!
Katherine 
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Jun 4th
2010
8:21 am
eap Said:
Days in the summer seemed longer when I was a kid…
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Jun 4th
2010
9:26 am
Shana Galen Said:
That was how it was when I was growing up too. I would have to be creative so I wouldn’t be bored. I wrote, made up songs and games, read…
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Jun 4th
2010
9:35 am
Nancy Robards Thompson Said:
Great post, Kathy!! Here’s to creative kids! It must run in your family.
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Jun 4th
2010
11:07 am
catslady Said:
We kids always had to fend for ourselves and I do think it’s better than video games all the time. Most of my kid’s time was their own too. I see my niece with 7 kids and they are all always doing something. She ends up being a chauffer more than anything most days.
And here’s to your “sun”
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Jun 4th
2010
11:18 am
Kathryn in Montreal Said:
I had lazy days at home with my four kids when they were younger too…. summer just seemed to stretch away into infinity. We didn’t have video games (I wouldn’t have them in the house) and we live in the woods… lots of scope for imagination there.
Long days by our pool, walks on our dirt road with the dog, soccer and trips to Maine, my girlfriend’s electricity-free cabin and treats at the water park. They were good summers!
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Jun 4th
2010
2:11 pm
runner10 Said:
I love long weekends at home in the summer. Sitting under the shade tree. Reading a good book. Life is good.
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Jun 4th
2010
4:30 pm
Kristan Higgins Said:
The best part of summer for me is drinking iced coffee and reading on the porch. And I agree about boredom = creativity. My kids have come up with the best ideas when left to their own devices…no TV, no video games, no phones. If they dare to say they’re bored, they get to clean the bathroom.
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