Summer time blues July 15, 2008
Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs, Kids , trackbackIt seemed easy at the time. Sign Soleil up for the same group that does her after school care. Let her enjoy the summer easy and relaxed. Not as relaxed as I did as a kid (my mom was a teacher, so I was just home during the summer), but relaxed.
Unfortunately, it turns out that the group that is GREAT with afterschool care, is not so great with summer care. They aren’t bad, and Soleil loves it, but I think next year will be different.
So, in the heat of July 2008, I am already looking into June 2009 options. One option I love, a camp that Soleil’s friend R goes to. It takes kids going into Kindergarten, which means Luna could go there too! It would actually be cheaper for her to go to a day camp than to go to daycare. Go figure.
We are looking into options now, because in Boston, everything fills up quickly! And I mean EVERYTHING. Crazy but true.
Sigh…
What is your craze of summer? Mine is next year’s camp schedule.
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my craze of summer is the guilt I am feeling by my kids having the exact same routine all summer that they have all year long - daycare, M - F 8:00 - 5:00. I know they are still young, but I do feel guilty that our “summer” is no different from our rest of year…I know it will change when they (especially Coop) is older as he will be on a school-year calendar, but for now it feels off.
I’m trying to be a bit more flexible with nightime routines (tonight we are having a post-daycare playdate with a friend of his) but am learning that just means disaster at bedtime, which makes for a stressful night for me, which also leads into overtired in the morning.
Craze of summer also is the difficulty, when we do try to stick to our regular nighttime routine (which truly do serve my kids best), the lure of the neighborhood kids playing outside and the icecream man who comes at horrible times (1 is right at dinner time, the other is at bedtime).