Summer Spontaneousness

It was such a nice surprise to get a text from a good friend to invite us to the beach for a weekend. Our good friends left Asheville in September to move to Oregon. Though we still see them every now and again, I do miss the impromptu dinners, parties, and talks we had.

My friend Maria and I packed up the kids and took the 4 hour trek to Folly Beach so we can see our good friends and our kids can reunite with their BFFs. 

Speaking of surprises, we told the kids we were heading to a zoo. Imagine their surprise to end up not only at the beach,  but with their west coast friends who were also surprised by visitors! Yeah, I think I got the cool mom award...for a day.

I'm wondering if its possible to plan to be more spontaneous this summer ;)

Anyway, here's to impromptu fun:

Handmade Summer Gift: Bug Spray

We thought the last day of school would never arrive! Having to make up a million snow days, these past few weeks seemed endless!

The girls had great years in both 1st grade & 3rd grade. We decided to make these nifty little gifts as I'm sure their awesome teachers and assistants are just as excited to spend time outdoors as us. A gift card to Papas & Beer was also necessary as well :)

Luckily, I had all the ingredients on hand, just enough to make this natural bug repellent. The oils are easy to find at health food stores. I just had to run out to get 4oz spray bottles. 

The girls got to work mixing the following:

4oz witch hazel

1/2 teaspoon of the following essential oils:

Eucalyptus  

Lemongrass

Citronella 
Pine

These essential oils are known as natural bug repellents and witch hazel is used to tonify skin.

We made fancy labels for each bottle and the project took less than 10 minutes...which is a good thing since we waited until the morning of the last day of school to get the show rolling!

Yikes!

Well, I took a 3 month hiatus from my blog & just about everything else! Tomorrow is our last day of school (finally)!! I'm excited to get back to a laid back schedule of easy days.  I'm going to pick up the blog again sharing our crafts and daily adventures.  I have no idea what's in store for us this summer, no set plans, but I like it this way :)