Summer

I've slacked big time posting about our summer. But here is what we've been up to:

--played LOTS of house and Loving Family and Barbies.
--put the above said toys in a garbage bag a few times for a "time out" because of too much arguing.
--getting my braces tightened; having to wear rubber bands on both sides. I feel like a teenager again.
--knowing that I get said braces off in probably three months.
--Eliza got glasses for reading. Looks dang cute.
--lots of swimming--at the resort, at friends, at in-laws...We even got to go to Wet N Wild twice with my dad's summer program. It was SO fun. It's so much better since it changed from Waterworld.
--being hot. It's even hot at 5:30 AM!
--hiking and running at crazy aforementioned hour.
--making daily chore charts for the kids.
--nagging them to get the chores completed.
--having later than usual bedtimes.
--not reading as much as I would have hoped (the kids, not me). I did start a great series....The City of Ember. It's a young adult fiction, but I really enjoyed it! I'm on the third one right now.
--regularly have nightly visitors in our bed. Sometimes Brian will ditch and sleep in one of their beds so he can have more room. How do I get them to stay in their own beds?!

--Hattie got the camera one day. Here is what she documented:







That about sums up our summer!