As Summer Winds Down

There comes a point, towards the end of summer, when you realize that everyone has had enough.  Overdosed on camping trips and sunshine and sleepovers, the kids start to get a little restless.

The sprinkler no longer holds as much appeal.  Every single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has been watched and discussed at length.

Shopping for back to school supplies suddenly becomes interesting.  New notebooks!  Calculators!  Reams of paper!

The kids even sit down at the piano unbidden and work out new songs by themselves.

And one kid grabs your camera and some toys he dug out of who-knows-where, and goes on a photo safari around the house.

This my friends, is hardcore evidence that summer is winding down.  That the kids have at last become bored with all that free time.

And?  Evidence that the kids are a little crazy.  I think we'll all be happy to see school again in two weeks.