home again home again

drove back to houston today, after a week in kansas visiting my family. it was fun, but really, really hot. as opposed to houston, which is ... never mind.
the trip to wichita takes ten hours. i usually while away the time by listening to books on tape. the children watch movies on their headphones. it is fabulous. every now and then i turn the movie off and say, 'look around! isn't the scenery cool?" to which they reply, "yes, mommy, very cool. please turn the movie back on."
i now get to wash all of the clothes we took with us and put everything away.
school starts for DD6 on wednesday. it snuck up on me, the beginning of school. i am not ready. we have had fun this summer, and i'm not ready for the drill sargeant routine of most school mornings. i like it when we can all sleep late. DD6 the other day said, "i wish i was home schooled," which took me by surprise. i asked her if she'd miss her friends, and she said her stuffed animals could be the other students...