Catchup...

Ok, ok.... here I go again not "blogging" about the kids for weeks and weeks... Many of you and you know who you are make fun of my lack of blogging and then my catchups! But, it is what it is... and this summer is flying by!!!!!!!!



Since being home from California, we have kept busy with all the usuals (swimming lessons, summer camp, art class etc etc) and added many playdates, trips to the pool and yes adopting out adorable puppy to the schedule. It has been a whirwind.



We FINALLY got our first monsoon which honestly I slept through. After many days of watching threatening clouds and telling the kids that we had to stay home from the pool because I did not want to get stuck out there it finally hit.. at like 1am! Daddy-O being the night owl that he is saw it and even went outside for some of it.. I missed it completely, although waking up to 77 degrees yesterday was awesome! But, by the end of the day it was 91 (not bad) but so HUMID! Reminded me why we all say Arizona is not that bad because it is a "dry heat"... it is seriously true... give me 110 and dry heat any day over 91 and humid!!!!!!! We ended up doing many indoor activities yesterday because of the flooded yard (yes, that is how much rain we got the night before) and the humidity...



So, updating our pics for you guys.... Little One is almost 18 months old... can you believe it! She is growing so fast... trying to keep up with her sisters, but VERY active. Her new favorite thing is to climb on the kitchen table and "dance". She is all signed up for swimming lessons with her Daddy starting next Saturday for a couple of months. She also is starting up with a gymnastics class and hopefully a music class in August when the kiddos are back in school. Between those things, MOPS and going to the gym childcare for a couple of mornings she will be booked every day! Better social life than Mommy!



Miss A is still talking about her "awesome" birthday. She had a blast at Mum and Pa's and talks about Disneyland, feeding the horses, and playing with all the animals at Mum's. She keeps asking me to make an alligator cake too... Thanks Mom! :-) She is getting more and more excited about kindergarten and will be going to school all day. That should be a pretty big adjustment for her. She is just excited to go pick out a lunch box and backpack, but weren't we all? We sign up today for RE in the fall and she is all set and registered for her music class.. hard to believe that a few months from now she will be playing the piano. She will continue with swimming for a while, moving into the stroke clinics. And we are in the process of trying to put together a Daisy troop (the stage before Brownies) that she will take part in... Again, better social life than Mommy!



Miss M is getting into the "I am way too cool for this" phase! :-) It is usually amusing. She has spent the summer hanging with her friends, swimming, reading, going to art class etc... She has kept very busy! She is also starting to be the last one up. This is amazing considering that as a baby she was up all the time and usually up for the day by 5:30! Well, my friends with non-sleeping and early-rising babies... my 7 year old went to bed at 800pm last night and slept until 8:45am this morning. It can happen.. it just takes 7 years! :-) We are gearing up for 2nd grade to start in a few short weeks (thank goodness)... that entails shopping!!!! The change is amazing.. she really cares what she is wearing this year... it was interesting to say the least. Miss M will also get back into RE and will continue on with Brownies and swim team all year round.


So, basically Daddy-O and I are going to be very very tired this fall when all of these things start happenning and we have a new baby in the house. October 11th is the day that Little Boomer comes home. Why Boomer you ask? Well... we decided to get him right around the 4th of July... you know fireworks go BOOM! And it is "Boom" time in the valley of the sun with all those thunderstorms and monsoons... so Boomer it was!

Hope everyone is having a fun summer!