The End of Summer

Wow the summer has gone by so fast. It seems that time goes by faster and faster every year. I remember when I was a kid time seemed to stand still. I used to wish it away all of the time. My mother always told me to enjoy it because as I grew older it would start to fly by. Boy was she right. I was always in such a hurry to grow up, as most of us were I think. Now here I sit in my 30's with two school aged kids getting ready to go back to school. I watch them wishing time away. It seems like I blinked away a quarter of a lifetime. 

When I was a kid and young adult I lived in South Florida. I did not have kids. We did not have seasons. Everything seemed to just flow together. No time of the year seemed to really stand out. Now as a married woman with kids living in Virginia that is all different. There are many parts of the year. We have seasons and with the passing of each one brings a new set of things to do. New foods to make. New clothes to wear. I love it. It is August and we are getting ready for the kids to start school. My dogwood tree in the front yard has some orange leaves on it early. I am thinking about fall recipes. 

I went school shopping the other night. I mistakenly thought if I went to the store late, even on tax free weekend, that it would be less crowded. I was SO wrong. It was like mommy bumper cars in there at 11pm. They need a lot of supplies too. Six of this, seven of those, and so on and so on. I guess I should feel lucky they are still in elementary school. I have some friends with older kids and some of their supplies include $200 calculators! Yikes! I think I am finally done buying now. We have the supplies, the backpacks, clothes, shoes, and lunch boxes. So, are you ready yet?