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Getting Ready For September

It is hard to believe but September is just around the corner.  I love the beginning of the school year but my children would stay in summer vacation mode for eternity, (although they start to crave structure about this time of year, they just don't realize it yet!)  Summer vacation, in our house, is pretty relaxed.  Everyone has daily jobs and expectations, but it's pretty loose as far as scheduling and structure.  We do some camps in July, but mostly my kids are free to get together with friends, play games poolside, visit family etc. Then August 1st comes around and I go into back to school mode, craving routine and structure once again, and they do too! Don't get me wrong, I love leisurely drinking my coffee in the morning, sitting on the porch ( I am right now) working, spending time with my children, going on day trips, but we all function much better with a routine and September brings that much needed change.   Most of you reading this will have younger children a