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Sep. 4, 2006
The Perfect Summer
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Emily thoroughly enjoys her dessert.
Tomorrow is the first day of the new school year for us. We have had a great summer. If I could use this summer as the template for all future summers, I think I would.
Our summer started as it always does, preparing for Brendan's birthday. Brendan had a great "exploding" party with lots of science experiments that popped, banged, boomed, and just flat exploded.
The week after Brendan's party, the kids attended a fantastic VBS and they all had a great time.
The following week we headed to my parents house for the 4th of July celebration in their little town. They have a wonderful fireworks show every year and the sense of community you get as the entire town gathers on the grass of the high school football field just can't be duplicated at big city shows.
We then had one week at home before it was time for the kids to go back to grandma and grandpa's for two weeks of swimming lessons and every kind of over-indulgence known to kiddom.
When the kids returned home, we joined the health club to gain access to the swimming pool. The month of August was spent making daily trips to the pool and I was able to squeeze in a workout on several occasions.
For the last big hurrah of the summer, Alyssa was invited to a birthday party at the local water park. John took the boys along and they all enjoyed their first experience with water rides of all kinds.
The final weekend of August I attended a ladies' conference with some friends. It was wonderful. What a great time to refresh, renew and 'recharge my batteries' for the year ahead (no, I am not a robot).
Today was the perfect end to the perfect summer. The kids all had neighborhood kids over to play for the first time in months. Most of the families here are two income which means their children are busy in summer programs all summer. When I was young, we spent our summers going back and forth between friends' houses but now it is difficult to find time just to have kids over to play.
Tomorrow we kick off our fall season. We not only start school but we have our Awana meeting tomorrow night in preparation for the start of club next week. Saturday will be the first soccer games of the season. With three kids in soccer and games spread out all over town each week, this should prove to be an interesting exercise in testing the limits of the time/space continuum. In a few weeks Brownies will start and our frantic fall schedule will be complete.
All good things must come to an end and this summer is certainly one of them. I will remember it fondly.
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My name is Tiffany. I am a 40 year old mother of 4. My husband, John, and I planned to homeschool even before we married 18 years ago but it would be several years before our oldest would be ready to start on this journey. We had our children in alphabetical order, quite by accident at first, but once we got started, we figured we had to keep it going. They are Alyssa 10, Brendan 9, Chase 6, and Emily 4. Our 4th baby, D, miscarried at 13 weeks. We have no intention of making it to Z.
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