“Are you ready for the kids to be out for summer?”.
“YES! I can’t wait! This will be our first full summer with the new pool and we are so excited!”.
This seems to really throw people off. They are expecting me to whine and complain about how the kids will be home day in and day out, but I am genuinely excited.
We have a little over a week left in the school year and I could not be more excited for it to be over so my boys can sleep in and swim as much as they want.
Is it stressful? Yes. Do they fight? Yes, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Thats what I signed up for when I said I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. This is the career I’ve chosen. No one loves their job 24/7, and that’s okay.
One day my full-time job will be over and my boys will no longer need me. They will have homes and lives of their own. Thinking about the distant future makes me very sad and I want to savor every summer, because I know one day it will be the last.
Time is flying.
I only have 6 summers left with William before he leave for college. SIX. My youngest son is about to turn 7. That really puts things into perspective. YIKES.
Lets be honest, I probably only have 5 summers because he may want to go off and do his own thing the summer between high school and college.
Summers are stressful. I will not lie, but I homeschooled for several years so I know all about the kids being home all the time. It’s part of the reason they went to public school, but summer is different. It’s all about play, with very little work.
I will continue shouting YES! when asked if I’m ready for summer. I am not ashamed to be excited to have my kids home all day.
Ahhhh, but after they get older, they may marry and maybe you’ll have grandchildren. We don’t have any but our friends say that grandchildren may be even more fun that children. Enjoy!
Amen. Well said!
Agree! I am always excited to spend summer with my kids. Mine are now 15 and 18 (where did the time go?!), and my daughter is home from her first year of college. I am so glad that I focused on quality time with the kids as they were younger, not only for the time it gave us then, but because it also built into them a desire to still hang out with Mom as they grow up. That is a treasure! Last night I hung out with my daughter and her teenage friends on the lake for hours – a tradition I started a few years ago. The girls asked me deep questions about life, marriage, relationships (are there any good guys out there???!!!), and we sang favorite songs at the top of our lungs. Together. Bliss!