It has been a very long time since I have posted. My apologies for that. All of the snow we got around here from the end of January through the middle of February really threw my schedule off, as I am sure it did for most everyone in the DC area.
It was during our "snowcation" that I remembered something a friend had said to me many years ago. Her children are older than mine and they were coming closer and closer to the point when her oldest would leave for college. She told me that we only get 18 summers with our children and we should make the most of every one of them. This popped into my head while we were stuck at home for so many days, because I was starting to go a little nuts with all of the stuff that was being tracked all over the house as my kids played. Monopoly was sent up all over the dining room table. Legos started migrating from the basement to everywhere else in the house. My young jedis were leaving their lightsabers on the couch in the family room when it was time to come to the table for lunch. Everywhere I turned there was stuff. I was feeling overwhelmed by the stuff and by trying to get them to pick it all up and return it to its rightful spot. I thought to myself someday, I won't have all of this clutter to deal with. And then, I was so sad to have the thought that someday I won't have all of this clutter to deal with.
My oldest will be ten in a few weeks. Ten. Double digits. That is really mind boggling to me. It occurred to me that I only have about 8 more summers with my oldest son, before he heads off to college and then to the world of summer internships, jobs, deciding to stay at school and take a class or two, etc. Having him around everyday from June-August is not a given once he starts college. Pretty soon, the board games, legos and lightsabers will stay in their containers and cabinets. He is already more interested in the Wii and his DSi when he has free time. I snapped out of lamenting about the clutter and focused more on how to make the most out of the next eight summers.
My question for you all is are there things that you wished you did with your kids while they were between ten and eighteen that you never got to do? Places you wish you had visited? Conversations you wish you had? Moments you wish you had shared? I have some ideas of things I would like to make sure to do with my kids before they are even more grown up than they aleady are. Any feedback and suggestions though would be most welcome!
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