Here's Liz Atwood in this week's Tween Tuesday:

Hooray for summer vacation! Yes, I know that soon the kids will be whining that they are bored and I’ll be complaining that they’re spending too much time watching TV and playing video games. But let me list my Top 10 reasons I’m glad school is out:

10. Less laundry. If my son wears the same T-shirt two days in a row, who will notice?

9. No more waiting in the car rider line to drop my kid off to school and putting up with those parents who take way too long to say good-bye to their kids.

8. I don’t have to go out at night to buy pencils because my son suddenly remembers he doesn’t have any.

7. No more yelling for my kid to get up or he’ll be late for school.

6. No PTA fundraisers.

5. No homework!

4. No more checking to see if my son has pencils.

3. I don’t have to pack lunches at the crack of dawn and debate whether this is the peanut
butter or turkey sandwich day.

2. We won’t have to rush out of the house every morning like crazy people escaping the asylum.

1. No more notes from the teacher saying my son doesn’t have pencils.