Today was our official "Last Day of Summer". Tomorrow isn't a real day of school (except for Amanda who starts pre-school tomorrow) because the kids are only doing assessments and school pictures (pictures, yeah I don't know why they are doing them this early either), but they have to be in the school for a few hours so I don't really consider that part of summer anymore. Their first full day starts on Wednesday.
We've had an amazing summer. In some ways I think that the kids had no summer at all because we were barely home and when we were here I was recovering from where we had just been and running errands and trying to go to the gym and not doing much with them. I didn't take them to the pool once. I suck that way. If Charlie was home with them all day they would go everywhere. Me? I have intentions of going fun places but then we eat a late breakfast and never get out of our pajamas and before you know it it's too late to go anywhere. In other ways we had the best summer ever. The kids are so much easier to travel with now that everybody is potty trained and I don't have to bring a diaper bag and they can somewhat entertain themselves (thanks to too many electrical devices in their possession). Plus, they had the best time ever on every trip we went on this summer and truly enjoyed spending time with their friends and family that the off days at home were probably just what they needed to regroup.
Our last trip of the summer was to Destin with the group that we've been vacationing with since 2001. I think that make this our 13th year together. It was by far the best trip we've ever had, but I think we say that every year (except the year that the house tried to kill us and everybody got sick). The kids were so independent that I was able to sleep in a few mornings and Andy and the older girls helped the younger kids get breakfast. I wouldn't say the kids were exactly quiet in the mornings, but they weren't that loud. The guys got to golf, the girls got to spend an entire day at the spa and shopping and everybody was happy. The older the kids get the more fun we can have and the less we have to worry about naps and all that stuff that made it hard when they were babies. Every year we figure out one more secret to making the trip better.
We got home really late that Saturday night and then were blobs the next day and I carried it into the beginning of the next week before our friends from Dallas popped in on the way to Estes Park and stopped again on their way home. Our best friends, it was so wonderful to see them. They left on Saturday and I miss them already.
So, back to school. I would be lying if I said that I was sad. The only thing I'm sad about is that I have to wake up earlier so I can get the kids to school on time. I am ready for them to go and for everybody to be back on a schedule. Back to the gym, back to losing weight, back to less fighting (hopefully) and more after school activities. This year I have resolved that I am going to stop being a hermit and become more active in finding friends and getting the kids involved in sports and other activities. I might go crazy, but at least I'm going to meet people doing it.
Another summer in the books.
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