We've had a great couple of days! Having Thomas off really makes such a huge difference for me. He had an extended weekend and didn't go back in until today..which left us with Mon, Tues and Wed. to hang out and have fun. We sat on the deck each morning and had our coffee, played soccer with the kids and had time to talk and just...hang out. I definitely needed this to help me recharge my batteries!


e more I push/nag and say things the worse it gets throughout the day. I am realizing that what works is to say something about it one time and then ignore it and the behaviors....and it goes away more quickly. I'm going to have to remind myself of this multiple times, I know...it is very hard not to react.

Here's the vacation picture update I've been promising:


Aidain in the fountain.

Aidan and the water slide (his favorite thing!)

Cooking in the rain!

Aidan Swimming

Alex Swimming

Amanda and the Campfire

Preparing for the Water Balloon Wars

Sleeping in the Loft

Papa Reading (of course!)

Andrew gets it with the water balloon

Zoe

Zoe

Alex and his moth (our little bug collector)

Waterslide (Andrew and Aidan)

The Paddle Boats

Amanda Swimming

Campfire

Amanda and Zoe



And of course...Thomas and Alex preparing for the World Cup...