But really when I put things into perspective I realize that we have had a busy few days together. I really think its just exhaustion that is creeping its way into the atmosphere of the "evening hour," that glorious hour when the kids seem to come alive and become extremely hard to manage.
Our past few days have been action packed, with temperatures reaching a blistering 30 degrees Celsius with a humidex reading of nearly 40, we found our way to a public swimming pool in Tillsonburg, called Lake Lisgar Water Park. It has a big water slide, wading pool area with splash pad features, and large blow up equipment for the children to climb on. With lots of sunscreen on we splashed away the afternoon!
After this we had some free movie passes, so we headed over to Woodstock theatres to see Monsters University! The kids loved it and I actually did to!
The following day we made our way up to our favorite beach, Port Burwell! My Mom and Dad and sister Trisha are camping there at the provincial park. It's so beautiful there...I can't wait until I can enjoy spending more time there camping as a family...for now I am just able to handle day trips.
We had some great fun in sun down on the beach and came home with to much sun on our cheeks and shoulders. But it was worth every second. The kids love the water, and playing in the sand.
Today we stayed at home, I stayed in bed as long as humanly possible with 3 kids running around the house, I was so exhausted. I had cleaned the night before for my parents. They take care of the floors at the local grocers. So after a long day at the beach, I swung a mop for a few hours. Didn't get home to put my feet up till after midnight. I am happy to help though so they can have a few days of rest and relaxation!
After I got up and fed everyone a late breakfast/early lunch I brought the kids to the community swim here in town. It was lovely. Wasn't to many kids there, and because it was indoors I didn't have to lather them in sunscreen. Perfect! A major inconvenience of summer if you ask me...
So I guess we have had some pretty fun days together, with only a few months of Summer we need to take in as much as we can! The children however do suffer from a lack of sleep, staying up past their bedtime of 8:00 really takes a toll on them, as a result children were very unsettled tonight. This is why I started this post negatively, being physically tired, and then mentally and emotionally exhausted, this can be to much for me to handle. This leads me to feeling negatively and thus makes seeing the silver lining hard to see, but looking over the past few days I have a lot to be thankful for. Writing it down reminds me that this moment of feeling like the world is crashing in on me is just a moment, and that the bigger picture is bright and beautiful!
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