Summer 2009 Highlights

We have had a very fun and relaxing summer this year. The kids have grown and so have the chickens, puppies, and lambs. We celebrated 3 birthdays, went to McAllen twice, spent 4th of July on the Guadalupe River at my parents, went to South Padre Island, went to a wedding, moved furniture in the kids room twice, got the loft/storage cleaned up and moved all of the boys toys up there, among everyday things. Our biggest accomplishment of the summer, though, was that Kate is now sleeping in a big bed with Claire (since she figured out how to climb out of the crib), doesn't use a pacifier anymore, is semi potty training, gave up her high chair and sleeps all night, yahoo! The girls literally sleep with body parts strung out all over the top of each other (pic above) which eventually would wake one of them. We finally figured out that a big pillow down the middle of their full size bed eliminates all of the night wakings. Now we hear a soft pitter patter of little foot steps at 7:30am instead of "she woke me up" at all hours of the night. Kate also injured her elbow 2 weeks ago rolling off of a friend's child's bed while she was playing on it. Two sets of x-rays have shown no visible fractures but we go to see an orthopedist tomorrow because there is still something wrong with it. The ortho said he could tell what it was on the x-ray and we'll find out tomorrow what has to be done. She has handled the whole thing very well! That's it in nutshell. Now it's time for Fall,homeschooling, apples, leaves, pumpkins, and hs co-ops. I love that God created the change of seasons. Keeps life interesting!