by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting

My kids have only been out of school for three weeks. But already, I think they need to go back. Like now.
Are your little demons, er, children showing any of these signs it's so time to go back to school like mine are"

1. They open their eyes in the morning, and then start fighting.
2. You are hoarse before breakfast from telling them to STOP.
3. If you hear "What can I do"" one more time, you'll start drinking wine straight from the bottle. At noon.

4. They're inexplicably asking for a snack every morning 14 minutes after breakfast. What do they feed them at school"!"
5. You?ve reheated your coffee 4 times so far this morning, okay"
6. Um, why do your children only make friends with kids who live clear on the other side of town from you" Your summer is basically you, in the car, driving 30 minutes each way to drop off at a playdate that's set for 2 hours. So by the time you get home, you have turn around and go get 'em!
7. Baths every frickin' night! Because you're at the pool or the lake or the beach every day trying to keep the kids from ripping your house apart down to the studs.
8. And WHY do the kids get up earlier during the summer than they do during the school year" You're bribing them with sugary breakfast cereals so they'll get out of bed in time for the bus, but somehow they are 100 percent awake at the crack of dawn, now that you have nowhere to go.
9. Camp is so expensive...