Comments on: In The Good Old Summertime? My Lesson in Summer Vacation

By: monica lemoine

monica lemoine — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:03:20 +0000

Nice post – making me miss summer vacation as a kid (and wearing my PJs of course).

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:34:11 +0000

Christina, I wrote that post at the start of our three weeks, and have just 2 more days plus the weekend before camp starts, and I’m actually going to miss them. Not that I’ve never missed them before, but it’s different this time, since this really truly is the first time I’ve had this much time, with them, just me (and, okay, their dad in the mornings and at night!). Today we ate lunch at Panera, and looking at them across from me I felt wistful. So all in all, a good experience!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:29:02 +0000

Funny–today is my first day alone with Lucy (she starts day camp next week and we were away until recently) and I got her hair cut too! Then we went to the library, then the dentist. Now she has a friend sleeping over and they are watching HSM for the millionth time.

We’ve got four more days of togetherness to go. I’m looking forward to it–but it also gets to be a challenge after a while.

By: Sara Aase

Sara Aase — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Nice. I love moments in the shade with a nice breeze and watching my kids play. Glad you got a little time like this!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:35:09 +0000

I love lazy summer days. I have really good memories of the days I spent with the boys (when I just had the two of them) and we didn’t have to rush off anywhere first thing in the morning. Summer break in Japan is really short – it begins next week and goes until September 1st.
I remember those banana seat bicycles so well! and the sparkly handlebars.

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:00:15 +0000

I’m all over the lazy mornings. I always sign Ella up for lessons and camp, thinking a 9 am start time isn’t THAT early, but after a few blissful days of sleeping in, I always regret having to set an alarm.

By: KiwiLog

KiwiLog — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:00:27 +0000

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that we over at KIWI Magazine’s blog, KiwiLog, loved your post and decided to feature it in our weekly mom blog round-up!

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By: Dara Chadwick

Dara Chadwick — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:37:17 +0000

What a sweet post, Denise! My kids are 13 and 11 now, but I’ve got lots of good memories of hanging out with them during the summer — and of sending them off to camp .