A Late Summer Weekend

Have you checked everything off on your summer list? (Do you have a summer list, or is that a little odd?) 

We have certainly not completed our summer list this year! Our homeschool year went well into the summer, so we didn't have as much time to work on it. We did some of our fun things and some of our projects and then we ran out of summer. We had hoped to try out a local cupcake shop and have lunch at a couple of cafes (so maybe we just really wanted to eat?), but we'll do it someday. Or we won't. 

This past weekend, we squeezed in a little more summertime. 

We made a batch of vanilla bean ice cream! That is good summer eating! 

We had hoped to have the old neighborhood over for an ice cream party, but Tropical Storm Hermine threatened to rain on our parade party, so we planned for a smaller group (just the eighteen of us!) to party on the sun porch. 

We also celebrated, not an August birthday, but a little six-year-old with a September birthday, our granddaughter Alaine!

On Labor Day, the four of us went out for lunch (crab soup for me!) and then we visited an antique mall that was new to us. It was a successful adventure! Each of us found goodies to bring home. I used some birthday money to buy this little turkey candy mold. 

Now we begin our stay-cation. This week, we hope to get both Kati's and Bekah's bedrooms painted and a new ceiling fan hung in Bekah's room. The girls have done such a great job decorating their new rooms (after somewhat sadly giving up their charming rooms at The Farmhouse), so we want to help them finish the job with fresh paint.

I may disappear from the Internet for a few days. Heloise (my laptop) suffered a minor accident and has a broken hinge. She will be going to the computer doctor to be treated. Perhaps by the time I return to Blogland, I'll be able to share some pics of the girls' new rooms!


Are you hoping to squeeze anything else into your summer?