Summer Travels

We broke tradition and visited Bowman twice this summer!  Both visits overflowed with meaningful time spent with friends and family.  Our hearts are full (and so is my laundry room right now)! Grandpa and Grandpa, we love your new surroundings!  Wherever you are, it's home.

Grand Ole Summertime

I will tell you straight out - I'm loving ages 4.5 and 7.  Abby and Adam do not wake me up in the morning unless a crisis emerges.  I haven't slept like this for, well, seven years!  Instead, they "get into" things that I may well put a kabash on once sentient.  A favorite pastime right now is reliving babyhood.  As I got out of the shower just now, I was greeted by shrieks of glee as they modeled clothing from Adam's baby box.  Hey, midriff is trendy again, though it's usually paired with high-waisted pants rather than Ninja Turtle skivvies.

Seven

We were up with the sun today (but not as much as seven years ago)!  Happy Birthday, Abby!

Saturday

I love to sleep in on Saturdays.

Today, however, was the flip side of a sleepover.  No one slept in.

It is only 9:45 AM, and I have already made bacon, egg, & cheese biscuits, made dinosaur and unicorn pancakes, cleaned up above-referenced dishes, built Spiderman's Lego car with Plan B pieces from the big Lego box, read a Bible story to three syrupy children, allowed a fourth child to join us, wiped up spilled gray eye shadow, washed two loads of laundry, placed the sleepover laundry in queue, supervised Icy Pop consumption for four sticky children, swept two floors three times, allowed a water fight, filled buckets for a water fight, cleaned up a water fight, and answered to the name "Mom" 127 times.

Pretty sure the sleepover is over now.