It means waking up in the morning, eating breakfast, changing into bathing suits, getting slathered in sunscreen & heading outside at 9:00a.
It means swimming in the pool, running through the sprinkler & sliding down the "Slip 'N Slide".
It means having drinks, snacks, lunch & dinner at the picnic table.
It means building castles & burying toys in the sandbox.
It means the tree fort is often full of army guys, toy weapons & baseball cards.
It means always having a squirt gun full of water at your side.
It means setting up a bunch of "Little People" playsets on an old sheet under an umbrella & playing with them for hours.
It means laying on the grass & reading library books.
It means sitting at the patio table while doing school work.
It means their background noise consists of music, laughter & the sounds of nature.
It means playing board games in the shade.
It means sometimes having friends/cousins over to play with in the yard, while other times playing with each other & still other times simply being content to play alone.
It means riding on PowerWheels toys, Bicycles, ATV's & Dirt Bikes.
It means getting lost in "imagination world"; riding horses, fighting fires, chasing bad guys etc.
It means swinging as high as possible on the tire swing.
It means eating endless amounts of watermelon, freeze pops, burgers & hot dogs.
It means checking on the gardens, apple tree & sunflowers with Daddy each & every morning before he goes to work.
It means chasing bubbles, butterflies & each other.
It means having the loudest yard in the neighborhood.
It means cleaning up the yard at 5:00p, going inside for showers & baths & relaxing with books for the rest of the night before doing it all over again in the morning!
Our children lead a simple life where the majority of their most fun times & best memories happen right in their own backyard...and we wouldn't want it any other way.
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