13 Reasons I Don't Want Summer to End

And zucchini, and tomatoes! Roadside farm stands may be one of my favorite things about Summer. My kids love picking their ears of corn and bringing them home to shuck and eat. And I love that I don't have to fight with them to do so!

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We've been blessed with some downright beautiful sunsets this year. And with the sun setting around 8 p.m., we can all watch it together.

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We're lucky enough to live less than an hour from some of the most beautiful beaches in the country, so we tend to spend most of our weekends there. Memorial Day to Labor Day we are total beach bums each year — boogie boarding, body surfing, playing football in the waves, building sand castles, and just enjoying time with our Summer friends.

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This is the Summer that my boys became fish. I can't get them out of the water! Their swim instructors have instilled a love of swimming in them that I hope will last them a lifetime (mine certainly has). I actually enjoy arguing with them about getting out of the water because I love how confident they've become in it.

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Despite carefully laid-out Summer plans, we have plenty of time to just relax, and that's something that we've all enjoyed.

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This one may be a bit selfish, but I've always loved eating fresh-off-the-boat seafood. This Summer, for the first time, I've instilled that love in one of my sons too. After introducing him to the lobster roll, he was hooked — he's my lobster-shack buddy, and we're truly enjoying this bonding experience!

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The average American eats 48 pints of ice cream each year. I think we might eat that in the Summer alone. Something about long Summer days calls for an ice cream cone at night — a tradition we love to indulge in a little too often.

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One of the biggest benefits of my kids' camps is that they serve a hot lunch every day — meaning Mom doesn't have to race around packing lunch boxes each morning. I'm seriously dreading the return of school for just this reason.

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I'm already having heart palpitations over figuring out my kids' schedules for the Fall, and we're still a month away from the first day. The after-school activity lists, birthday parties, weekend sporting events, back-to-school nights, and more mean that my almost empty calendar may soon become a color-coordinated nightmare that requires a detective to figure out!

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