Hi Ho...Hi HO....

it's of to school they go. Well next Tuesday that is. Yes, here in the Great Lakes State we like to wait until after Labor Day to send the kiddos back to the learning rooms. I approach this day, this 1st day of school, each year with mixed emotions. I long for the forced schedule it sets for our family, I know I will miss the lazy atmosphere that summer provides. I dread the packing of lunches, and am relieved that the boys will again be eating a more healthy variety of fruits and veggies.

I am not the only one at home who has mixed emotions about school starting. Just yesterday, Freedom said to me, "Mom, why is it I can't wait for the first day of school, but by the second day I miss summer break already?" My thoughts exactly. He misses seeing his friends every day, but he could do with out the homework that comes with school.

Well like it or not we are in the count down to the 1st day. School supplies have been purchased, Freedom has new clothes, Justice and I will go through his closet this weekend and see what he needs and then shop for him. On Monday I will make a trip to the grocer to grab some fresh foods for the lunches and off we go.

Can I really have been doing this for 9 years already? Do I really have have another 9 years of this to go? WOO HOO we hit the half way point!

I am loving the life of an American Mom.