We always say it. Even after those long days with kids who were making us pull our hair out fighting over who got to go first out the door. Where did the time go?  Summer was great!   Minus those days where the kids made me pull my hair out.   It just feels so sad to know that it's over already and it's only August!

Many accomplishments were made this summer. My daughter became a fish in the water learning new tricks and even going off the diving board.  My son has learned to be even more entertaining.  We had a great time heading to the library each week to pick out tons of books.  I learned a lot about\t of my kids just by watching how they did this.  My daughter still picks out pink, purple, princess girly books. Although, she does like to pick a few non-fiction books.  Yet, the ones we ended up reading were the girl books.  She doesn't think too hard about her choices and chooses A LOT of books for me to carry home.  My son, who is two and half, was much pickier about his choices.  I could see him thinking about books, looking at the cover and trying to decide if it interests him.  He's much more particular.  We logged our reading hours and my daughter even won one of the grand prize drawings---a princess book! 

Our summer wasn't all about reading.  We played, colored, painted, laughed, visited many places, vacationed, snuggled and had an overall great summer.  I even look at pictures from the beginning and see how much they have grown.  It's time to say to goodbye to summer officially on Monday as I go back to work and my daughter begins kindergarten.  Now, we will begin watching her go through the academic journey of school.  My husband and I were already discussing when she will learn to read, write and do math, how she will have new friends and new experiences.  It's an exciting time for me as a parent and a teacher. 

It was some summer!