It's hard to believe that this time next week, sweet summer will be officially over and James will have started his fourth grade! Summer flew by again this year, which is a good thing in some ways because James broke his arm (just 2 more weeks in a cast!) and the boys seem to be much less kind to each other when they are around each other so much. But all those endless morning snuggles watching Gumball and eating cinnamon bread are nearly over, and the house won't be full of the giggles of neighbors and friends. We won't have leisurely evenings playing basketball or soccer or fishing and swimming, and it will soon be too cold to take evening walks. Ugh, I'm making myself depressed just thinking about it.
(Pictures taken last month- right before slip-and-slide-cast-incident)
But. BUT. There are things about school starting that I DO love. I get a whole month of Henry alone (my little sidekick) before he starts preschool again a few days a week. I'll soon have a more manageable and predictable schedule again after months of just-trying-to-make-it-work. I feel like that should be a parenting motto. "Just trying to make it work." or "Target will make it better. Pass me a Starbucks."
For example, it's 5am where I am right now as I type this. Why? Because the house is quiet and this is when I can think. Just trying to make it work. Soon, I can look forward to knowing when the house will be quiet or when I don't have to drag kids to the shop with me when they really just want to go next door to the library or down the street to the park. So these are some good things to think about when I'm sad about the summer ending.
I also get to consider knitting larger projects, now that the weather is starting to turn. Do your projects change when summer ends? I noticed several blanket projects being chosen at the shop this past Saturday. I think the Cascade 220 section gets a lot more use once we all aren't thinking about our laps sweating as we knit a chevron baby blanket for that new little one. For me, I don't think what I knit changes much with the weather. I've tried knitting garments and it just didn't take. I've learned I need quicker gratification from my knits, and so I pretty much knit socks all year 'round, with the occasional baby blanket or shawl thrown in as the fancy strikes. You?
This is the first time since I am a mom that I didn't have the first day of school😥. My youngest DD is bound for college! I have plans of knitting lots of shawls and finish my 12 pairs of socks (I already have 11 pairs, so I think I'll knit more shawls than any other thing). Handsome boys!
Posted by: raquel from JC | August 10, 2017 at 09:33 AM
My kids go to school in two weeks, but two of them get braces next week! What I do not look forward to is head lice! Their school is swarming with it and they've had it three times. I have to have surgery on my elbow for an ulnar nerve disorder, and I have a pair of socks, a hat, a Christmas stocking and an ornament to finish by August 31st, which is my surgery date!
Posted by: Jessica | August 10, 2017 at 04:26 PM
Little Man starts 1st grade on Tuesday. I'm looking forward to the more predictable schedule, even though I'll still have Stormageddon at home with me (and we're in the midst of potty training, if you can call what I do with him "potty training" because, really, it isn't)......I'm looking forward to knitting more, though :)
Posted by: Renee Anne | August 11, 2017 at 11:16 AM
I loathe and detest purling, so I mostly knit socks year round, round being the operative word.
Posted by: Barb | August 11, 2017 at 02:28 PM
Great pictures! Sounds like a good summer!
My track record on large projects is bad! I do love making shawls, mitts, hats and cowls. Usually change up the colors used depending on the season or the season I wish it was.
Posted by: Anne | August 12, 2017 at 08:49 AM
I was never the mom who cried at the bus stop ;) Adore these pictures!!!
Posted by: April | August 12, 2017 at 04:21 PM