Being in college, your summers tend to look a lot different than what they did in elementary school. Nowadays, you have to go to work and then you hang out with your friends and repeat. However, in elementary school, every day of summer was an adventure. You never had plans but always made something fun out of it. Going into this summer working as a camp counselor, I feel very nostalgic about some of the things I would do over the summer in the elementary school. So here are just a few of the things I miss about summer time as a child! There is nothing I miss more than early 2000s summers where things were much simpler and the fun came a lot easier.

1. Playing in sprinklers in the backyard.

2. Playing on the next best thing to a sprinkler, a slip and slide.

3. Coloring with chalk.

4. Getting to go to the neighborhood pool.

5. Going to a summer camp for a week or two.

6. Hearing the ice cream truck come through the neighborhood.

7. Using your home phone to call your friends to see if they want to play.

8. Going on family road trips.

9. Having a water balloon fight.

10. Having a lemonade stands in hopes of making a lot of money.

11. Having a picnic with friends and family.

12. Going to the library and getting all the books and VHS you can carry.