Saying good-bye to summer
Summer's almost over, isn't it?
Oh, did I just put a damper on your day? Sorry. (To make it up, I'll let you in on a little secret ... if you really don't want to read my blog you could skip to the end to see the contest.)
Now, back to the discussion at hand ... I know that it doesn't officially become fall until Sept 22 - almost a whole month from now. But the real sign that summer is behind us is the first day of school, and that's less than two weeks away.
Everyone has a different event that signals the end of the summer. Perhaps it's a trip to the mall for back to school supplies, or spying your kid's worn-out, grass-stained sneekers lying in the front hall. (This week, both of my daughter's Crocs fell apart - a sure sign that summer is winding down).
For my family, the realization that summer is leaving us comes with the arrival of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. The Ex, as it's affectionately known, always starts two weeks before school. Len, the girls and I visited it on Sunday ... taking in the rides (I can't do rollercoasters or anything that spins too much, but I'm a star on the carpet slide!), smells (what is it with kids and candy floss?) and sights (great farm animals; we loved Oscar the long-tailed sheep).
Talk to me ... What signals the end of summer for you? And are you looking forward to what is the real start of the new year?
CONTEST TIME: I've got a great Canadian family movie, Finn on the Fly, to give away ... so write to me.
This movie has lots of laughs
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August 26th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I know that summer is over when my apples are reading for picking, and this week, they are. We have two apple trees in our back yard and the apples are a delicious red and because of the wind some are falling off, so my friends and I are going to do some serious apple cooking this weekend, from pies to apple crisp ect ... but the sad reality is summer is almost over.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
The end of summer is when the kids don't want to go in the pool anymore and start talking about going shopping because they "need" new clothes and shoes for school. They actually grill me on when we are going shopping and who gets how much new gear. Basically the end of summer is when they are inside more than they are outside
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
It's my first summer here (for quite some time). I think its end for me would be the day my kids go back to school and I can get back to more organized schedule, between house chores, keeping up with the kids school activities, and my translation work on my computer. I appreciate the focused time, as I haven't had much personal time. However I would miss the great trips we had to the country, special times with my husband, and the great outdoors. It's going to be a challenge adapting to the cold and discovering along the way how to keep fit and help the kids stay motivated indoors.