Back again

After an incredibly busy late spring/early summer, I think I may again return to blogging. At least, I will this once.

I'm anxious to get pictures online before Forrest has a chance to (hehehe...always fun to be the one sharing the photos!) so there will be several down below.

It's been hot lately--gladly, we have an air conditioner downstairs (in the kitchen) and also one up here.

Yesterday I took the kids outside after dinner (Forrest was gone) and they ate popsicles, ran in the sprinkler, and sat in the warm, slightly dirty kiddie pool. They had a lot of fun. I put Noelle's feet in and she kicked them in the water and thought it was exciting, too. When I put the boys to bed, Timothy was looking at a "Frog and Toad Together" book (Arnold Lobel stories, very cute.) He was looking at the story where Toad makes a list of things to do, one of them being "Take walk with Frog". Timothy says, "I could make a list, and it would say, 'take walks with Frog.'"
"Is David 'Frog'?" I ask.
"Yeah. My list could say 'Take walks with David.' Like, walks outside.......and walks in the living room....and walks on the front porch...."
Noelle is getting better at grabbing toys, and now she can hold onto one and bang it up and down. She tries to grab anything and everything within her reach, and loves putting a cup to her mouth.