When friends visit...
The end of summer break is upon us here in the Boonies.
La Maria returns for her second year of pre-school next week. School should be a breeze for the cookie, who insists she already knows how to drive, play guitar and pick the correct vitamin bottle from the cabinet. Um, no you don't, hermanita. Step away from the car keys and cabinet. You are 4-years-old.
To say that this summer has been long is an understatement. While we have enjoyed many days of quiet hanging out, picking books at the library, swimming and having playdates, the laundry takes an average of five days to get put away, crumbs stay under tables for about three days and Maria has spent more days than I care to admit in her pajamas. Let's not even talk about the state of her hair. The guineas, now 9 weeks, are lucky to still be alive, let me tell you.
So, while the new parents at Maria's school are having anxiety separation, I will be the one peeling out of car line. Bon Bons and deadlines and Swiffer, here I come. I will OD on Free Will and only after my house is back in the shape that would make a Cuban Abuelita proud, will I look back at this sweet summer with warmth and longing.
A little...
Summer, 2008
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2 comments:
Yes, this afternoon we played in the creek - the three of us - clearing waterways, making homes for crawfish and discovering all sorts of things. It's been a good summer, but it's time for the little ones to go to school. Monday will be the day. I will also be cleaning - blasting my 80s music and cleaning up a storm. ;)
Nothing like a little Romantics and Crowded House...We are going to a friend's creek today...
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