Summer Vacation is here!!!

 I love summer. It is my absolute favorite season. I love that me & my kids get to play all day. For what ever reason, I feel intense pressure to squeeze in as much fantabulous fun into the 12 weeks my children are out of school. This summer is a bit different for me. Up until now, at least one of my children were only in school 3 hours a day. This coming school year, they will be in school ALL day long! I am very sure I will enjoy the personal break for the first couple of months. I can tackle little projects around the house I don't typically get to do when the kids are home. I am however wondering if I will have a little bit of the 'empty nest' syndrome, especially after the holidays. So, I feel the need to make this summer extra extraordinary! Vacation(s), amusement park passes, zoo passes, pool passes, trips to the lake, trips to other water parks, fun-fun-fun & go-go-go!!! I want to make this summer one my kids will never forget. I guess with one child going into 1st grade & the other going into 2nd...although there is still plenty of childhood ahead of them, I am painfully aware of how fast my little treasures are growing up. I wish I could stop time. I wish I could make this summer last forever. I want to remember this time in their childhoods forever...because right now, my children seem so blissfully & utterly perfect! Still so innocent. Still oblivious to most of the woes of the world. They are just such happy children. I don't want to ever let this time go...