Goodbye Summer

Here it is the unofficial end of summer and I am happy and sad to see it come. With most leaning towards sad. We have met some great friends in our neighborhood this summer and hanging out around the camp fire most nights is a great way to spend the week. The boys run wild with their friends and sleep like rocks when it is time to go to bed. Jamison actually sleeps through the night 3 nights a week now. He still gets up at 6 most days but I have had a few days where I actually had to wake him up to leave.

Since school starts at 8:45 my work day starts much later. It also ends much later. This makes me more organized for suppers that we eat at home about every other week. With school comes a tighter bed time and bath schedule. I know at least one week where the boys did not have a bath from Monday to Saturday. I don't even want to think if it was more than one week.

Shorter days and being cooped up in the house without seeing friends are two things I am definitely not looking forward too. I am also not looking forward to the cold Iowa winter. I hope it is not as bad as last year. The cold also brings along the sniffles and coughs that linger. Jamison is old enough this year that we shouldn't have a lot of missed work due to children's illness. But how much time will I be off because of school closing. Shouldn't be much because he can go to Steph's if it is in the morning or Brian can pick him up most days.

I'll get to scrap a little more on weekends and I will be more likely to post updates here. Goodbye summer we will miss you but we do have possibilities of happy times ahead as a family snuggled down for winter. We also are heading into my favorite season with the turning leaves and the abundance of apples. Halloween and hayrides are coming up for me to look forward to.