Back to school….

Summer has been so fun I just wasn’t ready for it to end but ready or not it was time to start school… The drudgery of schools schedules, homework (for four kids!) and sports is not easy!

Luckily Lindsey loves school. The social aspect of all of it just makes her happy. She is also a great writer and loves learning (though she won’t admit that anymore). She got her first choice in teacher Mrs. Boyce and was counting the days and planning her outfit for her first day. I can’t believe she is in sixth grade and this is her last year in Elementary school!

Jacob is an easy going kid and seems happy no matter what. He loves his new teacher and seems to be glad with his friends this year. Third grade has come so fast!

Sydney and Hailey start kindergarten in a week.  I never have been one of those Mom’s crying sending their kids of to school until now. My babies are heading into the Elementary school years and I am no longer naive…Time passes fast and they will be grown up before I know it. It’s really hard this time around! To make myself able to do it I tried to take the girls to the mall the first day of school and they were so naughty I started thinking that those 2.5 hrs a day wouldn’t kill me after all.  First grade, however, don’t let me even think about that!

I must add taking an 11 year old school shopping near killed me off. She hated everything I suggested!  My sister reminded me that we felt that way with my Mom too.  I remember that, but told my sister, “but I have good taste”. I guess it just doesn’t matter anymore.  Somehow we ended up with a few new things and a rather large head ache!

  Jacob was super easy to shop for. If it says Tony Hawk or Quiksilver, or has any athletic theme he loves it.

Sydney and Hailey are the best. They love every single thing I buy, let me pick everything out daily, and always look cute in it all (this won’t last so I will enjoy it now).

 

I am sure it will be a great school year. Lately I have been wanting to freeze time. The age my kids are at is ideal. We have so much more freedom, they are all sweet and like  being with our family (no teens yet) – most of the time. But like it or not time keeps marching on. I am just glad its not lost on me that these moments are precious and that they will be grown up before I know it!

 

Wish me luck Monday for Kindergarten. I already have another kinder Mommy having lunch with me who is also sending her youngest off to school.  Might soften the blow a bit I hope.

 

Stay tuned for our summer updates. We have had so much fun and need to record it all. 

Fourth of July

We woke up early and went to my Mom’s neighborhood parade. The kids love it!

The family at my Mom’s waiting for fireworks.

 

Hailey fell in the road and literally got road rash on her face. She told me she didn’t want to put her hands down and scrap them up. I gave her a little lesson on protecting the face!  It’s been over a month and we still have a bright pink scar :(

If fireworks are legal in your area.  Putting them on a ladder really improves improves their view.

We had a great holiday!

Summer 2010

I am really behind in posting  but before I post our summer activities I want to record my feelings. This summer has been amazing.  It kind of reminds me of how when you look back at pictures and think, “ wow that was so fun” and wonder if you realized then how great it really was while you were experiencing it.  Except I realize it now that life is pretty great. 

We have spent our summer playing. My kids are older. They can go more places and do more.  Sometimes I wish I could freeze time.  I feel like my kids are at the best ages and stages.  Lindsey is not quite a teen so my kids all still prefer our family and spending time with us to being with friends.   It’s really great.

I appreciate that I have relaxed and lived more in the moments. The house isn’t as clean, we need to go to the grocery store all the time and we do wash when their are no more clean clothes. It’s the best way to survive.  Instead of staying home and forcing myself to stay caught up while going crazy we just do a little as we go and its been better.

 

I woke up last Sunday and it was August 1st and I felt incredibly sad. I know I am weird but I wonder if life will ever be like this again. Actually I know it won’t maybe it will be better maybe worse but it won’t be the same. My kids are growing up and its not lost on my that the moments were are sharing now, the memories we are making are finite and won’t last forever.

I guess there are certain stages so tough you feel you need to rush them to survive but for today this stage, this summer I am enjoying the moment.  Before long my youngest girls start Kindergarten and we will have four kids piled with homework and sports to run to. Life will be busier than ever.

 

Disclaimer- my house isn’t clean, my laundry isn’t done, and my kids do fight all the time like they always do.