Summer

 Its interesting to see what responses the kids give to people asking them about their summer.

 We've been busy since we moved in with dentist appointments, school reading evaluations and basketball camp. And most people will as the kids "hows your summer been?"

 Colin usually hesitates a little and goes well its been different.  Or sometimes he will say he was homeless for the summer and then I have to explain....

 It was a different summer.  To do it over I think I would've tried to push our closing back a week so the kids didn't have to step off the bus and leave not only school but their house.  Its always hard getting into a summer routine but this time was harder.  And the fact that swim team schedule was all over the place - either morning or night practice and it made it even harder to plan.  Plus all the stress of trying to find a house.  And alllllll the driving. 

 But while it was a different summer than we were all expecting I hope the kids remember all the fun we had this summer. 

 The late nights Colin spent watching tv with grandpa, and the pretzel making with ma-ma-maa and all the Chinese checker games, reading books with ma-ma-maa, the walks to the river each night, the games we made up on the daily long car rides, going to see Ooo-Eee - all things we would've done but not as often as we did this summer. 

So it was definitely a different summer in so many ways but a good one.