ironing away the Summer

It is Thursday of the first week back at school, and the girls are both napping, so I'm catching up with the ironing.  There is a huge pile that has steadily been building, and I've taken the opportunity to put last night's Grand Designs on and spend half an hour working through.  Very sad ironing Charlotte's Summer tops - her little peach coloured cotton 'cover-up' from Next, her all-in-one's - she won't be wearing those again.  Ironing Elizabeth's dresses and Summer tops... all the memories of seeing her wearing them on the beach in Devon and every day of our holiday.  Likewise Edward's lovely navy shorts, and his brightly coloured t-shirts - now he'll be in black/grey/royal blue, and all the colour seems to have been wiped away.  He won't be wearing most of these clothes again either.  So many happy times, why do they have to end??