Last Days of Summer

I've taken the last few days off from the Summer Blog Challenge, and I'm not all that sorry. I have a few new half-finished posts in my queue (of course), but this weekend is the last weekend of summer, and we are enjoying as much of it as we can!

Princess is counting-down down hours (literally) until she starts grade 2. She is excited and ready to go. Her backpack is packed, first-day outfit is picked, and she is excited to meet her new teacher. She is excited to see her school friends again, and excited for a "real desk".

Tobes is anxious (as he is every September). He is not looking forward to his sister/best friend going back to school. He's not looking forward to his playmate being gone for so long. However, he is excited for gymnastics to start up again, and we've already created a list 10-miles long of fun activities to do during our days alone again. I've also gotten smarter, and this year I've formed a bit of a "Lonely Younger Siblings Club" - finding other abandoned younger siblings that he can playdate with.

But for now, we soak up the very last day of summer vacation. This summer has been amazing. I lament that it's gone by so fast, and yet when I look at my bucket list there are very few things that haven't been crossed off. Montreal was an AMAZING adventure, and I reconnected with childhood friends on the other side of the country. The kids saw Niagara Falls, and Princess danced on stage with National-level competitors. This summer we went to the zoo (a lot), Fort Edmonton, and the corn maze. This summer we swam and biked and spent an insane amount of time outside at spray parks. This summer Princess learned to ride a 2-wheeler, and Tobes passed a level in swimming. This summer they both got a lot braver in the water, Princess learned to swing across the monkeybars all by herself, and Tobes started to learn Star Wars math.

This summer went by way too quickly (in 23 hours and 40 minutes, Princess starts school) but we filled it with fantastic memories!