I made it through Summer Break Day Four!

I don't know why but today I woke up feeling anxious. I think it was because this day was jam-packed and I need to remember NOT to do this next week! Or any week. ONE outing outside the house is enough! Today we had three and I should not have done that.

Anyway, we had sausage, eggs and sourdough for breakfast and then Esther and I ran off to volunteer for an hour and a half! That was soothing, I love talking and hearing about birth. The class I was mentoring today was on labor and delivery. Esther was actually well behaved this time and we had a relaxed group chat that was interesting and heartwarming. 

Esther fell asleep on the way home for approximately five minutes and that proceeded to be her only nap of the day. Her nap time is 1pm. Not 11am, when I was driving home. Oh well. 

We had about an hour until we had to be at our homeschool evaluation so I heated up some leftover spaghetti for lunch and chatted with my mom who had stopped by. It was awesome to see her and I already miss her. I didn't clean my kitchen or dining room which made my anxiety worse, but thats okay. Anyway, I took my anxious and stressed self to the library (with our homeschool portfolios and nature notebooks) where we were supposed to meet Sarah, the evaluator...but we couldn't find her anywhere! It turns out she had forgotten to come and since she lives an hour away she was not able to come that day. For some reason this caused me to feel loads better. I told her it was fine, we will reschedule later--and took the kids out to bubble tea followed by a nature walk with our nature group.

We were all hot, sweaty and a little bit muddy but we made it home and after showers and tick checks I popped on The Wild Robot for the kids and cleaned the kitchen and dining room and made tacos for dinner. Esther only watched half the movie in typical toddler fashion and needed cuddles and milks for second half, but that was okay. I love her so much! 

That was really our day. Brian got home at 6 and hurt his back, I gave him a massage and now I'm going to unload all the dishes and do even more laundry. The busy day is done! Tomorrow ends our first week of summer vacation, and all the weeks to follow are filling my head with dreams of deep cleaning and decluttering.

Not to mention knitting, reading, and doing crafts with the kids. School starts again in August it will be here before I know it!