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Thoughts From a Mother Whose Kids Are About To Be Out of School

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So yeah, school ends for all of my children by Friday.   How excited are we? WHEE!!

I know they could use a break from the routine but I am not so sure I can survive it.

Here it what is going through my head right now as the end is near…

 

Oh yay!  I can sleep in and I don’t have to get up to the sound of my phone alarm and pack lunches and rush to make breakfast every morning.  Oh they still have to eat though, don’t they? And now I have to feed them EVERY meal.  Crap.

 

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Wahoo!  We are free as birds to do as we please!  We can flit about and be relaxed and hang out in our jammies.  But wait, this is more time for them to bicker and sit on each other and make swords out of anything in the house and there’s even more time for whining and crying.  Crap.

 

EEK! So excited to go to the pool as much as we want!  I can lay out on the chair now since my kids are pretty good in the water and get a nice tan and just relax. Oh no, you want me to play in the water with you? And search for that pool toy? And you’re going to holler while I spray you with sunscreen AGAIN? Oh my gosh, more laundry for me, so many wet towels and suits.  Crap.

 

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Oh goodie we can really get our money’s worth out of the zoo membership I bought this year!  Animals! Playground! Train, oh my!   But wait, I have a ten year-old who thinks he’s too old for that outing and oh yeah, the humidity is now here to stay until October.  Crap.

 

Ooh Ooh!  We can got to the mall, it has a A/C and new a indoor playground where the kids (well 2 of them) can play!  Except no way can I get any shopping done and I end up spending $20.00 on 3 little cookies and one thing of Dippin’ Dots.  Crap.

 

Okay, I’ve got it.  We’ll go to the summer kid movies at the movie theater, where yes, there is also A/C (WOOT!) and it’s nice and dark and I can just chill while the kids watch a movie.  Except now I’m out $50 after all the snack purchases and I cannot bring my laptop in there.  Crap.

 

Fine.  We can go to the library (they also have A/C) where stuff is free and the computers are fun (and not mine) and we can relax in the comfy chairs and read.  Until we check out a bunch of books that I cannot find 3 weeks later and forget to renew online and then, ZOMG the late fees.  Crap.

 

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Okay, okay, we can do a couple of road trips to local places and see some new things and learn about them while we are there.  That will be so fun!  Until someone spills their chocolate milkshake all over the floor of the van like during that one trip last summer.  That was SO NOT good.  Crap.

 

I think I may just lock them in their playhouse.

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But let them out to wash the vehicles once a week or so…

 

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Can there be VBS every week please?

Why is sleep-away camp so expensive and only for kids over the age of 6?

Texting my babysitter now…

 

How many days until school starts again?

HAPPY Summer!!

See y’all in August…

 

Unless I’m in a “Frozen” soundtrack-induced coma…

 

P.S. Feel free to use this as your “List of Things To Do this Summer”!  😉

 

 

Comments

  2. These are ALL of my thoughts! I was so excited to sign them up for YMCA camps until it totaled up to be just under $600 for all three of them to go to a one week camp. So swimming lessons here we come, I guess? So lame.
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  3. I always have grand plans for the summer, and we end up sleeping in and watching TV and doing nothing special after all. But somehow, we end up enjoying ourselves…
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  5. This will be my first summer working from home with my three. I am excited and also dreading it. I know that all these major plans I have are probably never going to happen. And planning activities for a 14 year old and 8 year old girl and a 12 year old boy is pure torture! But somehow, like your summer, I am sure it will all work out!

  6. ha! I am so excited to not have to get up in the morning for preschool rush, but I love the preschool lull when she’s there for four hours! And they still aren’t old enough to sleep late or make themselves breakfast. Darn.
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  7. This had me laughing out loud…it sounded so much like me! I’m always so excited for the break in routine and to get more relaxed time to spend with them…but it isn’t always quite as relaxing as I pictured in my head. :-). At least I have another 6 weeks to get it figured out! Great post!
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  8. Haha! Too funny.
    I am so excited for summer I can’t even stand it. We don’t get out until the 11th, though. Boo.
    Yes, the kids will fight and drive me crazy but I still love summer way better than school time with all of it’s meetings and schedules and homework and sports and blah, blah, blah.
    Summer! Blissful summer!!!!
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  9. Oh, I love it! This is so true. My kids still have three more weeks of school!!!! I am soooooooo ready for summer vacation – then I have all of these thoughts, too. And, for the record – as director of our church’s VBS, yes, there is VBS somewhere every week. I have had people tell me they sign their kids up for a bunch of VBS weeks around the city because it’s cheaper than overnight camps, but still gives them a break from entertaining the kids all day every day!
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    • I looked into signing them up for at least one more VBS but they are either the same week of our church or when we are traveling! I was bummed! 😉

  11. Ha Elaine! You nailed this one big time. I work most of the summer and my kids are in camp but there are definitely a few weeks when we are home that go like this. But camp is actually more crazy than school..camp bus comes earlier, sunblock everyday, and they have all these theme days that I have to be on top of. *sigh* Enjoy the summer!
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  12. This cracks me up. I have already been dreading the adjustment of being home with the boys. We usually have one “hell week” and then we find our groove, but it’s never free and easy. I’ve learned I have to build structure in the day because otherwise the bickering and the screen time gets out of control.

    Yay summer!
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  14. Sometimes summer is not all that relaxing is it? I sometimes feel busier than ever just because I get lulled into a state of relaxation and them BAM – we’ve got to be somewhere and I forgot the sunscreen and we ran out towels.
    Enjoy you summer! (We have a month to go of regular school here.) 🙂
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  15. Oh yeah, I totally feel this. We are still three weeks away from our last day of school, but I have the same yeah, but wait feelings creeping up already. You hit the nail on the head with all of these. And I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one with the major library late fees. 🙂
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  18. Amen. In the interest of sharing ideas for free fun – do you have any bowling alleys near you that do Kids Bowl Free all summer? I think it’s nationwide. I have it on my list for when I’m desperate. Good luck!
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    • Shoot! I forgot about the bowling alley! We have done the kids bowl free thing before. And it has A/C too! Although someone in my crew usually ends up smashing a finger in the ball return thingy… 😉 I really am NOT a Negative Nelly, just keeping it real. LOL!