Let's Run the Numbers

By my count, there are only 18 days left until school starts on Monday, August 25.

18 days.

Now four of those days are already accounted for because we are taking a quick trip to Missouri. That leaves me with:

14 days.

And in those 14 days I've got quite a lot to accomplish...

• Eye doctor for Abe
• Yearly check-ups for both kids
• Collect up all those doctor forms to give to school
• Attend the Day Out with Thomas event at the Railway Museum
• Attend a birthday party for family friends
• Participate in two soccer practices and one soccer game (though we're skipping due to Thomas event)
• Select FIRST DAY outfits
• Find FIRST DAY signs for kids to hold and take pictures with
• Facilitate a church women's group gathering
• Clear out old artwork/papers to make way for new artwork/papers
• Make a billion water balloons for block party; attend the block party
• Get Abe a haircut 

The kids both had little camps this week and so I managed to declutter Abe and Anna's rooms a bit and box up most of their school work in their keep boxes for last year. It was a lot of pitching old papers, but I did want to keep a few items. Of course, I forgot all about the art wall in our dining room.

I hope next week will be warm here because I'd like to veg out at the pool (when we're not running to doc appointments). This summer has been great, but I'm plum tuckered out and I don't seem to have a creative bone left in my body. I know that school will suddenly be upon us and I will regret not having done a few more things with the kids, but that's life, right?