Summer Vacation Begins!

Today is officially the first day of summer vacation. This is very exciting since I am so incredibly sick of driving in circles all day!! Now I only have to drive to Tae Kwon Do twice a week and it is mid morning, much nicer then rushing home, trying to get dinner cooked, homework done, baths and bedtime. But summer vacation is also slightly terrifying as any mother knows. Some days there will be endless whining of " mom I'm bored", with me replying "would you like me to find something for you to do?" Yes now I will have time to clean my house since I will be home for more then a two hour stretch of time, but there will also be people living in it all day so it is kind of a catch 22 :) So the other night we had the "family meeting" to lay out the summer rules.

1. Just because you don't have school does not mean that you will not have a bedtime.
2. The TV and Xbox will only be touched by kids who have behaved themselves and taken care of any chores they are supposed to.
3. You can play outside and get as dirty as you would like, but you may not even touch your school clothes drawers unlessed mom has told you to.
4. All children under the age of 4 will have nap time, or at least quiet time everyday for at least an hour. Kids over the age of 4 have to go outside or be quiet.
5. I will feed you three times a day, and you may have a snack, but you will not snack all day long.

Yep, I am pretty sure the kids are ready to go back to school already! Today they spent the day playing school, Gabriel is pretty sure Sophia is no where near smart enough to go to Kindergarten and Sophie is pretty sure Mary doesn't listen well enough to be in pre school!