While the Cat's Away ....

Have you ever wondered what your kids do when you leave the oldest one in charge? Thanks to Breje's awesome camera skills, I was able to find out some of what they were up to this summer. I should probably freak out and never leave them alone again, but no one got hurt and you have to admit that these are some pretty great shots!

It's a bird, it's a plane ....

... it's synchronized jumping!

Summer

Mom says she has no time to blog, so she is having me do it for her. These are just a fraction of some of Brielle's little poses she loves to do.

We're Back!

I vaguely remember May. It was full of piano recitals, final school projects and soccer games. It consisted mostly of mad dashes from one place to the next, with between 1 and 4 children in tow and the hope that it was the right number, the right children, and they had -at some point- been fed something! I remember thinking that, surely, when all this stuff is over and summer finally begins, I will relax a bit and then get caught up on my blog.

I guess I've always been a bit forgetful. I forgot how ready I'd be to sleep in everyday, to spend time soaking up sunshine, and to visit the fam. I forgot how much mess kids make when they are home all day and how often those pesky creatures insist on being fed! I forgot that I usually spend the month of August whistfully imagining all the free time I'll have when the kids start school again.
Lucky for me, they started seriously early this year. While we are still lamenting the loss of those final weeks of summer, I, for one, am feeling extremely ready to have a real schedule again!

This is the first year that I had 3 of my kids leaving for school bright and early in the morning. These are the largest and most sincere smiles that I could coax from them. They don't seem to be sharing my enthusiasm!Actually, they are all doing really well so far (they've been back for a whole week now!) so there is a slight chance that I may find time to share a few pictures from the summer. Who knows?