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Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime

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By marydalene

...When all the world is green?

Since we are now fully into autumn, it seems appropriate to remember summer. I love that we get four seasons in this part of the world, and I appreciate each for what they can offer.

This summer, we spent a lot of time outside, and for my two youngest, it manifested itself in sun-bleached hair.

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I decided to document it, because it shows how much my kids love to be outside. Ryan has some pretty brown hair naturally, and he was bordering on blond by August.

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This was right before we gave him a much-overdue haircut. You can see more of his natural hair color after it was cut. Also, Ryan makes me laugh.

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And here is sun-bleached Sarah, which just makes her light brown hair even more blonde.

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She’s pretty cute, if I do say so myself.

This summer, we also took a day to go have lunch with Jared and go play frisbee at the park.

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Ryan loved running up and down the grassy hills.

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And this is one of my most favorite pictures. The epitome of summer. Blowing dandelions.

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And a few others. See you next year, summer!

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  1. Jocelyn the elderNovember 12, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    For MANT that was my hair in front. Often accused of bleaching it. Now it is white
    Great to peek into your summer fun. Eileen and I saw those Frisbee goals and wondered what in the world.

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