I love summer. I love the pace, the lack of schedules, the fun, swimming, heat and look forward to adopting a "Jimmy Buffet" approach to life. Love that the kids can eat Pop-tarts for breakfast, stay in their pj's till noon and go to bed at 10...it's all good, really good for a while.
Then August hits and everything gets real boring...
The pool is no longer fun, the heat is too hot, not having a schedule becomes a burden instead of a blessing and everyone in my house, me included, starts to long for "normal life" again.
I remember when my kids were all preschoolers and this rhythm was not a part of our life...everyday seememd unkindly like the last...and I longed for a break from the monotony of it all. With the advent of school aged children life seemed a little less bland...there were actually seasons again...seasons are good!
So this summer season is winding down...or at least it feels like it should be...still a month till school starts...VBS starts today, then vacation then two weeks till school...
I promise around September 1 I'll be lamenting the end of summer and will be asking where all the time went...it's a rhythm...it's not boring....it's just predictable.
4 comments:
Your creative juices are flowing...this is the part of summer that I love! You're a beautiful writer my friend! Oh, and the new blog look...we should talk! LOVE IT!
That is sooooooooo our story here too. Pool no longer fun, blah, blah, blah. And not to mention it was 106 here today. :(
Kids can't have poptarts during the school year? Uh-oh. ;o)
looking forward to August 27!
when do I get to see pics of HH?
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