When Will it End?

No matter how laid back or busy you are over the summer, you (as a mom) reach the point where you ask yourself, "When will it end?"

You start wondering, how many days until the kids go back to school?

I started thinking that this weekend! So, here's the math:
They have 19 days off in June, 31 days off in July, 31 days off in August and 1 day off in September.

We've gotten through 19 days in June and 18 days in July-37 days done!
We still have 13 days in July, 31 days in August and 1 day in September-45 days to go!
The magic half-way point for our summer vacation is Monday, July 27!

Now that I did the math and figured it out, I'm happy, because on that magic half-way point day, we'll be at the shore! What a great place to tell the kids, "Guess what? Your summer vacation is half over!"

I think they'll actually be happy. We've done a lot this summer, and I think they're tired. But they know there are still a lot of fun things in store: swim lessons, a trip to Disney World, trips to the pool, and just hanging out.

I hope letting them know it's the half-way point will re-energize them and relax them. They can look at how much they've done and know they've had fun, and know that there's still time for more fun.

They don't need to know that, sometimes as a mom, I'm counting down the days because I want them to be occupied all day in school. They can figure the reason I'm counting is because I want to spend as much time with them as I can making memories of the Summer of 2009! And 99% of the time, that is really the reason!