Summer is ending

Summer vacation is drawing to a close very quickly. Faith starts school next Tuesday and I start teaching the week after that. To say that I am NOT excited is an understatement. I love being at home with my kids with nothing to do. I love sleeping a little later in the mornings and slowly waking up while the kids watch tv. I love hearing the kids play and laugh. I love spending time with them without an agenda. The sound of laughter in the house, it brings me joy. I know that there will plenty of time for that after school starts but it will be different. There will be homework to do, lunches to make and school uniforms to wash….and lots of getting up early. Argh!

Last night I found of alist of things that I wanted to do with the kids this summer. We had done most of the things on the list, but we hadn’t gone to the airport observation lot to watch the planes take off. I decided that today would be the day! The kids spent most of the day at my moms while I relaxed at the coffee shop, read a magazine, ate lunch at home by myself and then tried to organize home videos….yes, I had a gloriously quiet and peaceful day. :). Thanks Mom and Dad! (As much as I don’t want school to start, I still love having my Mondays and Wednesdays free to do what I need or want to do).

As I was saying…I packed up dinner, picked up the kids and headed to the airport. The Charlotte airport is west of town so it takes about thirty minutes to get there. The kids couldn’t wait. As we approached they started seeing the planes flying low over head and were getting very excited. We finally arrived at the observation lot. It was on a hill towards the end of the runway. I was going for a roof to block the shade and maybe some bleachers but there was only grass and benches. We arrived at 4:30 which must be the best time to go because there was an endless line of planes waiting to take off. The kids were amazed by the size and volume of the planes – at least for the first eight or so. After that, they were already getting bored. I had packed dinner so we brought out the food and blanket and sat down to eat. As usual, no one ate anything. I swear my kids must be starving, but they never eat. They eat like little birds. Wilson and miller ended up having more fun splashing water at each other with the water bottles. Miller was running in circles as Wilson shook the water bottle at him. It looked like Miller was running through the sprinklers. We laughed a lot and enjoyed being outdoors together until wilson got bit by ants. Then miller got bit by ants. The final straw was when Wilson was stung by a wasp that just flew up and stung him on the hand. He freaked out! He started screaming and said that he wanted to leave. All three kids ran to the car, jumped in, and closed the doors so that no more insects could harm them. I was left to clean up the food and blanket and then return to the car with a screaming Wilson. I have to give Wilson credit though, this was his third bee sting of the summer and all he requires is a band-aid. After the band-aid is on, he forgets about the sting moments later. It is quite amazing really.

We did have fun, despite all of the tragedy at the end. The kids were amazed by the planes and we got to do something new and exciting before the summer ended. Here we are half way through the trip…

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