Where did our summer go?

Do you remember as a kid summer vacation was so fun. We were so carefree and living each day playing with neighborhood friends while our imaginations were up somewhere in the clouds. It was fun to be off, and it was very fulfilling. Then as we got into the higher grades we started to realize wow- we only have THREE months off of school?--wow, how did that feel like an eternity as a kid? Now as an adult to 6 kids I feel like I'm racing time and its gone with the blink of an eye. It was just winter! There is no way its already Sept! No stinking way! HOW!? Last year we went to the beach a lot, or to the pool. We went to the parks every week with my close friends, where I could have that fellowship. We went to church every Sunday. We went to the library. We went to the Farmers Market once or twice a week. We went strawberry picking. We preserved everything possible. Strawberries I made into Jam, as well as canned lots of applesauce, tomatoes, and peaches. We used to eat raw foods all summer; and oh-corn on the cob! mmmm!!!
I was making my own lotions, soaps, and savs. This year, we have done nothing! We have had corn on the cob only twice! We are home all the time. The kids are making their own memories playing with their neighbor friends every day. Part of me says well I can interfere with their play and just take them somewhere. But then I feel guilty because even though we are not doing what I remember to be fun. THEY are having fun with their neighborhood friends, and their imaginations are up somewhere in the clouds. They have a pool and a trampoline here to play in. They have their neighbors tree house to play in. They have their bikes to ride. Most importantly, their perception of time hasn't had the plunge of reality kill it yet. So I guess even though my summers is gone and not spent as ideally as I would have liked to. I know my kids don't see it that way. Along with the older kids, I do still have two kids under two. I have to believe that this too is a season of life that too shall pass.
That doesn't mean I'm ready for leaves to change and snow to come here devilishly early though.