So Long Summer Vacation.

I know summer is still in full swing, but because school starts next week for THREE of my children, our summer season is almost history. I've enjoyed having the kids home with me for the last 2 1/2 months but I also can't wait to see what comes next. I am eager to turn the page. That's what it feels like sometimes, like I am literally turning the pages of my life. The key, so they say, to happiness is to live in the moment. Right now I would give myself a B+ on that.

For the last three days, Eva wakes up at six a.m. with one request. I want to be a fairy. So naturally, we indulge her. She bounces around for a few hours as a fairy, then she is ready to put her little girl clothes on and continue with some other sort of fun. Oh, just a warning if you find her dressed as a fairy, don't call her a princess. When she is a fairy, she likes to tell me, "I'm the fairy and you're my best mommy." I love that!


We started the week Monday with fevers. No child was spared. Eva took the worst of it because she also threw up a few times and could not keep the medicine down for a while. My next trip to Costco you can bet I'll be loading up on Tylenol and Motrin because they almost wiped me out. Yesterday things were much improved. Today, not a trace, only happy healthy children. Thank God it didn't stay too long. It's crazy when all of them are sick.

Overheard yesterday between Eva and Wyatt:
E: Let's go Dad!
W: I'm not your dad, I'm your Wyatt!
E: You're my Wyatt?
W: I'm your brother and your Wyatt!


We spent last Sunday with Rafi and Miriam. That's my goddaughter Mia with Eva in the stroller. I was overjoyed because she smiled at me! Actually I was tickling her toes, but I think it still counts.

Let's see...how to properly say goodbye to summer vacation. Think, think, think. Maybe the beach?