you know it is summer when you can't remember the last time your kids took a shower. your kids don't know what day or month it is. the neighbor kid informs you that you are out of fruit treats. the water bill is high thanks to squirt guns and trampoline water fights (and despite the fact that kids are not showering). your kids stay up until midnight and sleep until 10. you eat freezees for supper. you wash a million towels a week (again despite the fact that the kids aren't showering). you can't work past two on a sunny day. or on a cloudy day. the kids wear swim trunks all day. and then they sleep in them. and then they wear them again. the dog is generally wet. your car feels like a sporting goods store. there is more beer than food in the fridge. you can't find a bra that doesn't say under armour on it. concession stand food is part of your meal plan. you do crazy things like sign up for mud races and warrior dashes. there are fishing worms in the refrigerator. you wish your family lived closer so uncle mike could pull the hook out of the fish's mouth. it's easier to just pee in the lake.