'Twas the night before school...

Todd and I both feel very lucky that we are able to spend the whole summer home. It has been a great summer of going different places and keeping busy around the house. When August comes around I always start to feel a bit stressed about leaving the kids. I see how much we do during the day and how much they make me laugh and then I get a little sad that I will be at work and miss out on all of those little moments. I thought as the years went by it would get easier to go back to work, but I am finding it to be the opposite. This year we have a little change in our child care. Kalynn was not able to schedule her classes around our family anymore and Michele was ready to pursue a few other avenues. We were so sad to see them go. This may have put me over the edge thinking I needed to find child care for the kids, but we have a WONDERFUL woman named Shelia watching the kids. Shelia watched Jackson for almost two years before Aubrin was born. She heard we were looking for someone and said she would love to come back to watch the kids. She put in her notice at work and then she was all ours! The kids absolutely adore Sheila. It has really put me at ease knowing that someone I already know so well and trust will be spending her days loving my babies.
We spent our last couple days of vacation as a family. We went out to our friends lake and hung out for a day and other than that we just stayed around the house. The evening before school started we made smores out on the deck. Jackson and Aubrin thought it was great to make dessert outside.
After we put the kids to bed, the getting ready for school sound was ringing in the house. Lunches were being made for the next day, the coffee pot timer was set, clothes were being ironed for the next morning and bags were getting packed. There was no denying it any longer, my alarm was going off at 5:20am the next morning. Todd was set for his first day and I was excited to meet all of my new little pals.
Although summer is over, we look forward to the weekends and all of the exciting things we do as a family during the fall.