But yeah - school started for the kids today and it was weird how quiet it was once the bus pulled away.
It can.  But we had fun!  Visited lots of relatives, cooked lots of stuff, goofed off and watched more anime than is probably humanly possible...a part of me is enjoying the quiet but on the other hand, I miss having my kids around to do stuff with.
Yep - and I have two left with the older one.  They do grow up so fast!