Things I'm in Denial About

As summer winds down, I realized that there are a whack-load of things I'm in denial about.....

1. This whole 'summer winding down' thing.  Ex-squeeze me?!?!  Just the other day Chris was saying, "don't worry, we're only two weeks into summer."  How the holy hairballs do we only have one more week left?!?!
2. Only one more week until school starts.   Seriously?  I always feel like the kids get screwed going back to school. September always brings beautiful weather, and here they are trudging back to school. I'm supposed to be excited about this? 
3. Speaking of school..... this year all 4 kids will be in school.  There. I said it.  All. FOUR!!!  As excited as I am by this prospect, I'm also a wee bit sad. I will have a fifth grader, a third grader, a first grader, and a junior kindergartner. My Marin is off to big school, with a big girl back pack and a big girl lunch.  Luckily I still have her all to myself on her off days.
4. Today is Marin's last day of daycare.  Ever.  We've been at this daycare for seven years.  They've taken care of all my children.  Some of the teachers there have literally watched the kids grow-up.  Pick up today is going to be very sad.
5. It would appear that we are going to have two children in travel hockey this year.  Tryouts started on Saturday (yes, that would be August 17th!) and since then we have been in full on hockey mode.  Of course, this means that most of our weekends are going to be spent going in two different directions, different tournaments, oye.  My head hurts.  On the upside, the boys absolutely LOVE their hockey.  Quinn has been working so hard all summer to improve, and you can really see that's paying off.  I'm so proud of my little guy, he's really surprised a lot of people.

I think that's enough denial for now.  Off to go face reality, and make the last week of summer a fabulous one!