It has been no more than a long weekend since the last day of school, and the eldest is already feeling antsy. My budding 2nd grader knows better than to say the words "I'm bored"- she'll be given chores if she does- but that little social butterfly is genuinely lonely. Without a dozen friends to interact with everyday, the empty feeling is valid. I guess the summertime blues are real after all. To combat the loneliness she is feeling, Graham and I have been spending some quality time with her this week doing activities that are perfect for lazy summer afternoons. . . chalk drawings, Lego building, puzzling, and coloring. We even created the popular "Summer Bucket List" to have some things to anticipate in the coming months. Looks like we'll be treasuring hunting, train riding, and zoo visiting this summer if Maddox has anything to do with it.
In the meantime, my daughter is learning some valuable lessons; that time alone can be sweet and full of imaginative adventures, that brothers and sisters are
actually fun to pal around with, that journaling her feelings is helpful, and that friends and playdates are not to be taken for granted. In just a few minutes, her classmate Nora is stealing her away for the morning and she is elated!
In the Crouch house, we are fighting summertime blues one day at a time!
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