Dear Summer,
After nine months of my children in school 30 hours a week, I eagerly awaited your arrival. This was my first Summer without a regularly scheduled babysitter. It was just the trio and me with 12 weeks of adventures to find and memories to make. We experienced great Summer day camps, fun playdates and a few fantastic trips. You did not disappoint!
As we return to school tomorrow, our skin is tan, our swimsuits faded, our flip flops well worn and our spirits relaxed. Now it is back to bedtimes and real baths at night (not just the pool), packing lunches, evening homework, dance practice, and shoes with socks.
We now look forward to enjoying you on the weekends, with some structure during the week for good measure (and Mama's sanity). Soon you will slip away for nine more months--and as ready as we are to see you leave, we will anxiously await your return come Spring.
You have been good to us, and we are grateful. Thanks for the memories!
4 comments:
I have been reading your blog for about a year now, and I just wanted to say hi! I love reading your stories and hearing the cute stories from your children. You are such a Godly woman...I look up to you a lot! Thanks for writing!
your attitude is so refreshing! although my children are 3 and under, so we're not even close to school age yet, i've always bristled when i hear moms talk about their children being home for the summer with dread. granted, my children don't go to mother's day out or preschool at all, but i just don't think i'm going to dread summer like some moms do! i think--and i pray!--that i'll look forward to those 12 weeks each year too. :0)
Oh no.....I am so not ready to say goodbye to summer...Seems like we just got it!!! Actually since I homeschool we take off July,Aug,Sept...start back Oct 1st...I love summer sooo much,Fall running close behind!!! Sweet post!!!{{{{Hugs}}}}
I have to say that usually by April, I'm ready for the unstructured life of summer....but by Aug.1 -- I'm ready for the scheduled structure of the school year..=)
Isn't that funny?
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