Summer slowdown!

So my spirit is beginning to feel the "fall" push, luckily we have a camping trip scheduled for this weekend so I can ward off those feelings for a while longer. Then hubby will be on holidays so again I'm hoping to hang on to that summer spirit a while longer.

It's not that I don't like fall and the start of homeschooling and all that, it just seems busier, more things to organize and the calendar to stay on top of - in other words I have to be "on". Unlike summer where I am more "unplugged", I simply focus on relationships and I keep the other "stuff" (clean, make and organize) simplier.

I understand that life is seasons - we couldn't have that unplugged summer feeling all year long - in fact I can already tell that my family is getting antsy for some "structure". Hubby wants to set some goals, Josh is asking questions (tough questions that require thought and consideration before answering) and Noah is wanting to do more, not just more activity but to learn and discover - they are ready - I am not (ha ha).

So one way that I want to prepare for fall this year is to simplify some of the things that I do so that I can be more "available" to my family in more important ways than the meals and cleaning, etc. So I'm looking at things through a new lens in how I can make this task simplier, if the task is simplier could more people help me complete the task and in doing so accomplish some of my other goals as well.

I'm still thinking on these things and we'll see what comes of it in the meantime I'm going to enjoy the last few weeks of being unplugged, and sit and knit in the sun.