Today is the last official day of summer vacation. The kids start school on Monday. Despite my attempts to get them to bed earlier every night for the past couple of weeks, I know the first day they are going to be exhausted. We've been sleeping in until 8 or 9, then lazily watching some TV in the morning. - Time to get back on the schedule.
We still have the weekend, but when dads are usually home on the weekends, the plans of neighborhood kids are at the whim of the parents most of the time. Which reminds me of how busy our doorbell was yesterday. I think we should just put in a revolving door. There were even times that ALL three kids were gone at other houses. Mike and I would look at each other like, "What do we do now?" It was a strange silence after months of vacation.
The coolest is just seeing the kids get on their bikes and go off to play. It's a great feeling just to know that they are all starting to spread their wings a little, and Matthew is finally gaining some independence too. They're all getting big and making plans that don't always include me.
This is the part that you wish for when it's 3:00 in the morning and you are rocking a crying infant back to sleep, when you can't remember the last time you got more than 4 hours of sleep at a time.... but then as quickly as this stage of life has come I still miss the baby days. It's all bittersweet, but this life is cool. This is what it's all about.
Like the song says, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
2 comments:
I am totally feeling you on the can't wait to get some time to myself when they are young. And then suddenly you aren't part of the equation. Alex won't so anything with us at this point. Even go to the movies. It's been a hard transition this year.
great pic of trevor! i love the orange pop. you quoted a song that wasn't by U2? i can't believe it! LOL
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