All in a Day's Work

Summer is moving right along--moving too fast for me. Swimming lessons end on Friday, reading goals need to be met for the school splash party, and back-to-school items are in the stores. It's not even August yet! One thing about fall that I like--a schedule. Today I forgot a doctor's appointment and now have several overdue library books. (sigh) Too much stuff to fit in my brain.

Kaleb grew this onion in 1st grade and planted it in my garden in May. Picked it July 13th. Yummy!

Ginger at 14 weeks, July 13th

Ginger continues to bring us lots of play time. Her favorite type of play involves water. I love to watch her discover the sprinkler! Watering my plants with me also brings her lots of joy. She has her own wading pool, which Braylen fills up most mornings. He really is a big help with her. She weighed 27 pounds on July 13th. Someday we will look at these puppy pictures and video in disbelief at how small she was. :)

Aaron is finally feeling better after his 3rd antibiotic to treat bacterial pneumonia. How nice for the fevers and the cough to be history! I'm hoping the sick bugs stay far away from our family. Now that he's feeling better, Aaron's provided me with more funnies! 4 in one day! Here they are:

When the neighbor kids played tennis in the street, Aaron said to Kaleb that he wished he had a tennis "whacker" to whack the ball!

I told the kids to wash their hands (even though we'd just used hand sanitizer in the car) and Aaron said, "Why, Mom? Are you just trying to annoy us?"

After paying good money to enroll 3 kids in swimming lessons, Aaron swims in our 2.5 feet deep backyard pool and says, "Look Mommy, I can swim now! Kaleb just taught me!" Sure enough, Aaron can now do a (primitive) front crawl and float on his back and tummy, all by himself. This morning in lessons he could not. Next time I'll keep my money and just let Kaleb show Aaron what to do!

I've saved the best for last. In all seriousness, Aaron asked us, "How can you still float even when you have a crack in your bottom?"

How can I not love raising these boys? Catching these little moments is my favorite part of being a mom. Especially a stay-at-home-mom. I feel blessed beyond belief. Good to remember when I'm stressing about the menu, shopping list, coupons, bills, cleaning, laundry, etc... Taking the time to stop and listen to what my kids are saying brings me much laughter!!!