Summer is almost here!

We're ready! It's been a crazy few months and for Steve it will continue to be but for the kids their summer is almost here. Each year I say they are going to have a better summer than the last. When I was growing up I remember my summers were always so much fun. I lived in Virginia and my grandparents lived here in NY so every summer my Mom would send me to come stay with my grandparents. It probably was the best times of my childhood. My grandmother took me to the pool everyday and my Grandpa and my Great Uncle would take me to Adventureland on the weekends. My Aunt and Uncle would take me to Firemans Park to play and we would feed the ducks. We'd go to the beach - I loved the beach when I was a kid probably cause I wasn't the one cleaning the sand. We'd eat pizza on friday nights and they would take me to Friendly's on Sunday's for dinner and then Sunday night we would go to my Great Grandma's for cake and coffee and she would have the sprinkle cookies for me from Cieslaks Bakery. The same cookies my kids (and their Uncle Frankie) today devour every morsel of. Oh and let me not forget about getting italian ices from Patsy's - hands down THE BEST ITALIAN ICES EVER!!! Don't even try and debate that with me - seriously!

I'm looking forward to this summer as a party of 7 - With an 8, 7, 5, 3 and almost 1 yr old how can it not be bubbles of fun!