Summer is like one loooong weekend, and there is an adjustment period for everyone, and by everyone, I mean me. The kids adjust to sleeping in and unstructured days just fine, and my husband still heads off to work in the morning. I'm the one wondering when I get to be alone for a few hours.
These memes are hilariously accurate depictions of how summer break feels for parents.
Summer Break is Coming
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Summer is the absolute best season. It is unstructured and lazy, just like me. Summer vacation isn't perfect though, and I always enter mid-June with my eyes wide open. My house will be hot and messy, but my heart will be full.
Summer Survivor
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Surviving 10 weeks of full-time parenting would honestly be a harder reality TV show to win than Survivor. It's a long break, but you know you'll still miss it when it's over.
Enrolling in ALL the Summer Camps
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There are so many fun camps available to kids during the summer, and they cater to every conceivable interest. Many are weeklong camps, so kids can have the opportunity to try out a few different ones throughout the summer--and I get time off kid-duty.
Picking a Summer Camp
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For working parents, summer camps are a must but can also be an arduous and expensive puzzle. Many summer camps don't cover traditional working hours, so parents still need childcare before and after camp hours. Nothing says, "nice relaxing summer," like spending most of your paycheck on childcare while you're trudging to work each morning!
There Is Way More Ice Cream
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Ice cream plays heavily into our diet during the summer, as do popsicles and s'mores. I guess this isn't really a complaint.
Family Vacations
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Summer is the time to hit the road with the family. Whether its camping, day trips or flying across the country to see Grandma, summer is the season that many families do the most traveling. Studies have shown that spending money on experiences rather than things makes us happier, and summer provides the time and the weather for amazing experiences.
The Parent Becomes the Teacher
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As much as summer is about fun and free time, parents still have to make sure their kids don't fall behind in the months they're out of the classroom. Summer is a great reminder as to why homeschooling was never an option for you.
Spending All Day With Little People
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I like my children, and I like having the time to chat with them about things that don't involve schoolwork, chores or where a pair of cleats was last seen because we needed to leave five minutes ago. Summer is when I become reacquainted with the people my kids have become since last summer.
Road Tripping
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Traveling with children takes planning, patience and special consideration. Sure it's worth it, but packing for even a weekend away with kids is a serious task, and even a day at the beach will make any parent feel like a pack mule. But much like most parenting tasks, we make lists, we get out our wallets and we do it anyway because it'll be fun and we're making memories, dang it.
Summer Break is Coming
11 of 20
Summer is the absolute best season. It is unstructured and lazy, just like me. Summer vacation isn't perfect though, and I always enter mid-June with my eyes wide open. My house will be hot and messy, but my heart will be full.
Summer Survivor
12 of 20
Surviving 10 weeks of full-time parenting would honestly be a harder reality TV show to win than Survivor. It's a long break, but you know you'll still miss it when it's over.
Enrolling in ALL the Summer Camps
13 of 20
There are so many fun camps available to kids during the summer, and they cater to every conceivable interest. Many are weeklong camps, so kids can have the opportunity to try out a few different ones throughout the summer--and I get time off kid-duty.
Picking a Summer Camp
14 of 20
For working parents, summer camps are a must but can also be an arduous and expensive puzzle. Many summer camps don't cover traditional working hours, so parents still need childcare before and after camp hours. Nothing says, "nice relaxing summer," like spending most of your paycheck on childcare while you're trudging to work each morning!
There Is Way More Ice Cream
15 of 20
Ice cream plays heavily into our diet during the summer, as do popsicles and s'mores. I guess this isn't really a complaint.
Family Vacations
16 of 20
Summer is the time to hit the road with the family. Whether its camping, day trips or flying across the country to see Grandma, summer is the season that many families do the most traveling. Studies have shown that spending money on experiences rather than things makes us happier, and summer provides the time and the weather for amazing experiences.
The Parent Becomes the Teacher
17 of 20
As much as summer is about fun and free time, parents still have to make sure their kids don't fall behind in the months they're out of the classroom. Summer is a great reminder as to why homeschooling was never an option for you.
Spending All Day With Little People
18 of 20
I like my children, and I like having the time to chat with them about things that don't involve schoolwork, chores or where a pair of cleats was last seen because we needed to leave five minutes ago. Summer is when I become reacquainted with the people my kids have become since last summer.
Road Tripping
19 of 20
Traveling with children takes planning, patience and special consideration. Sure it's worth it, but packing for even a weekend away with kids is a serious task, and even a day at the beach will make any parent feel like a pack mule. But much like most parenting tasks, we make lists, we get out our wallets and we do it anyway because it'll be fun and we're making memories, dang it.
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