...lately...

Its been an uneventful, low key week around here.  No big happenings... I feel like I've just been doing laundry and dishes and picking up toys, the usual that's never really done.  As Brenda says, "pickin' up and puttin' away."  I'm always surprised at how much time I have to spend trying to keep things somewhat orderly.... but its still never really orderly.  Does anyone else feel that way?  But glad I get to do it.

So here are a few pics from the last week.  

We are still working on our letters.  We are "behind" but we are still at it.... slowly but surely.

 eating our letters

 We spent the weekend at the river.

Paw bought a new toy for all of us!!!

 First ride with my man.  Its SOOO fun... like a motorcycle on water.

(oh, my red hair... :P)

 cutie pies playing in the water

 and waiting to go on the motor boat

 The kids went tubing with Mike.  Here's Peter... we thought he'd be the one to go.

 Lily didn't think she wanted to go but then they got her on the tube with Mike to just "try it out"...

 There was no looking back... she L-O-V-E-D it! and wanted to keep going and going.

 We took the boat up the river, then had a picnic lunch on a little beach.

 Oh, I love them.

Lily is my little yard helper.

My sweet Pete is a little sick today.  :(  So just to document his sweetness in being sick... last night he actually threw up, which I think is the first time EVER.  Yes, I know we have been spoiled in that dept.  BUT he threw up IN THE SINK in our bathroom during the night (we must have slept through it... thought it was just his usual coming into our room during the night).  And then I left it for Mike to clean ;).  I just wanted to hug him.  In all seriousness, he has been such a sweet helpful one in these first weeks of summer.  I don't know if its the being at home more or not rushing around or what but his behavior and general disposition has been markedly improved!!  He is more mature acting.  So for example... I went to the store this week to look for a dress for a wedding we have this weekend (yay!).  We are in the dressing room.  I'd brought in books for him and Lily was coloring with some markers.  They were behaving great!  After reading a little while, he told me he needed to go potty.  I told him that I needed to finish up and would take him shortly.  We talked back and forth about it a few times then he KINDLY and CALMY said, "Mommy, I know you brought these books in here for me, and that was really sweet, but I need to go potty."  What?!  I about dropped my jaw.  I was so impressed with that calm, long sentence that sounded like it came from an adult.  

OK, the end, that's all I got, buh-bye.