End of summer

and I am so sad about that. Well, mostly sad. The big boys definitely need some structure back in their days and so do I. A little school is probably good now after them being home with me all day every day this summer. But, I will REALLY miss the getting up whenever, not having to rush to be anywhere at a particular time, eating whenever, going to be really late. And the not preparing. During the school year, I felt like I spent all my time PREPARING. Preparing breakfast, preparing the backpacks and lunches, preparing for them coming home from school, preparing dinner, preparing for afterschool activities-making sure they have their homework done and materials ready for the activity, preparing for bed, preparing their clothes for the next day. Just always PREPARING for the next thing. Not being in the moment. Just moving on to the next thing.

There was no preparing this summer and it was great. The beach was particularly nice this summer (no seaweedy days, no jellyfish days) and we really sucked the life out of the last few days there. Staying really late, eating a delicious dinner Nelson brought down for us, eating at the Osprey Deck and watching the sun set the last night there. Fantastic.

Timmy thoroughly enjoyed his summer (although he kept asking "I go Timmy’s school?" almost everyday) and made it over some significant hurdles this summer…like being afraid of falling thru the half-inch cracks between the boards on the boardwalk, like going in the ocean a little and not being afraid, and swimming all alone in the big pool (with the swimmy vest) and going underwater. Big stuff. And the big boys got a little more freedom this summer…walking to the rocks alone, going to the pool with their friends, going up for hourlong baseball games. It was all good. For all of us. I miss it already.