Celebrating Summer

A little exercise last week had me contemplating how summer is celebrated. I came up with a comparative then and now list.

Then:

• Go camping with Girl Scouts. Go camping with YMCA. Go camping with church group.

• Play outside.

• Walk barefoot – just about everywhere except church and while picking blackberries.

• Swimming – at the neighborhood pool; and at the shore in Cape May on vacation.

• At least three trips to Kennywood Park (amusement park outside Pittsburgh) for rollercoasters.

• Shorts and flipflops and watermelon and playing jacks on grandma’s front porch.

• Popsicles!

• Plant flowers; watch the garden grow.

• Some sort of car trip.

• Read books in the library’s summer reading program.

Now:

• Look at the calendar and wonder how it got to be summer! Wasn’t Christmas just last month???

• Vow to be swimsuit ready by Labor Day. (yeah, right!)

• Remind myself not to complain about the 90-100 degree heat because I complained about the winter’s cold.

• Fret that I’m going to miss summer.

• Plant flowers; tend to yard.

• Head to the beach!

• Read books in the library’s summer reading program.

Summary:

• Hmm, I see a theme! :)

How do you celebrate summer?