Summer's Last Hurrah, Kind Of

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School starts on Thursday for Abbey, 9am to 2pm.  It seems like such a long time for her and...for me.  I have anxiety over it.  It's a huge milestone.  I'm going to miss her, my little shadow.  Abbey starts on Friday.  He's going five days, 9-11:30am.  I'm going to miss them both.  I remember taking him last year and coming home with just Abbey and the house felt kind of empty.  Good thing I'll have my buddy Ellie!  Most of this summer I've thrown the kids in the car and gone somewhere, whether a park or even just a drive.  This was the first time since I had kids where doing that didn't stress me out..staying here with the kids bouncing off the walls was way worse!!  In the past, I'd blog about every trip but this summer, we did so much, it was a normal event.  I liked feeling confident with that.  And I like the summer because I get to do more with my friends and their kids...I have several kind of "traditions" with you (And I do have about six blog entries started from the summer I intend to finish this week before school stuff gets into swing). This week though, these last few days, I didn't want to go anywhere.  Last few days close to home with all three kids before the craziness of two in two schools starts.

The cooler weather seems to have crept in today and it has rained on and off.  When I let the kids stand on the porch for a bit, Abbey ran to the pool and jumped in.  Intially, I scolded her and made them come in and then I said what the heck and sent them back out.  Ellie and I sat on the porch and laughed.  With typical Abbey abandon, she was jumping right in, wet head to toe.  Adam, more cautious, putting his feet in, running around, in and out.  I snapped this photo and sent it to Todd titled "Summer's Last Hurrah". But it feels like fall, so it really felt like an end, but not quite a summer day.  The cheesy plastic pool will get tucked back on the front porch again soon to see if it survives another winter (last year I caught it flying down the block, a previous pool had clearly suffered the same fate).

I am proud of them and their milestones and excited for what life has to offer.  And while on occasion, a bad day can see long, time has changed since I had Adam.  It's flying by and it's a bit scary.  But it's been a nice summer.  And I try to picture in a few years all the fun things I can do with the kids all summer long as they get older, it's a comfort to the anxiety of watching time fly.