July 22, 2012 - Summer is Short

He Boy asked me tonight if he could watch the Hunger Games movie. I checked to see when it was out on video and told him after August 18, 2012. He said by then summer will be almost over. I responded yes, and I reminded him that I will be going back to work soon. This upset the Girl. Every time we talk about my return to work it ends in tears. The Boy just realized that the summer is very short! I agreed with him. 

A year maternity leave seems really long when you are near the start of it, but nine and a half months in, it seems like it wizzed by in an instant.  I feel like I haven't spent enough time organizing the house, I really need the house to be ready before I go back to work, or I will have no time to spend with the kids.  The days are going to be so busy, we won't be home until about 6:00pm and then I will need to cram, homework, dinner, cuddles, bathtime and story time into two hours.  Not to mention getting myself organized for the next day at work and preparing lunches for the older kids and for myself.  There is no way I am going to be sleeping for the next few years, or at least until the kids can fix their own dinner and lunch!!