Colorful Summer.

The princesses on the kickboard were so funny, Emily set them adrift [which completely delighted Eva!] and then desperately tried to avoid having her picture taken with them [she's 11 and would rather eat her veggies than be seen with the princesses]. Typical princesses, waiting around for a prince to save them instead of taking charge of their own destiny. Hmm, I have three daughters, there's a lesson here.

Emily is a certified book worm these days, she reads four or five a week and she plans our weekly trip to the library. Her current favorite are Nancy Drew, she has nearly made it through an entire series. It's so marvelous to see because a few years ago she was loath to read a book, so don't give up if you have one that you have to bribe to read, it could turn around.

My mouse is not behaving and I'm about to slam it! This post has taken me forever, I think tomorrow I will drag out my old corded one, hook it up and take my chances. Update: did it, old mouse works fine so I'm keeping my sanity today. Nothing slammed.

Are you ready for another edition of the things my little people say? Ready or not!

1 & 2. Tony took the kids for a bike ride and Eva rolled in after everyone else and proclaimed happily, "Mommy, I'm the last winner!" After that, the big girls wanted to go for another ride but it was already late so Tony told them it was getting too dark. Wyatt pointed at the reflector attached to the handle bars of Tony's bike and said, "you have a light, it turns on when it sees dark!"

3. I was shucking corn and Wyatt excitedly said to me, "Wow! I didn't know that it came in a wrapper!"

4. Eva was eating macaroni & cheese and said this to me: "Mom, first it goes in your neck, then it goes to your belly. I'm gonna have a fat fat belly!"

5. Friday, we rode our bikes to the park, I towed Eva in the trailer this time so she wasn't the winner. Anyway, Eva and I decided to go down the slide together, you know the tunnel one where you go in up at the top and you come out at the bottom? Halfway down, the rubber soles of my sneakers became lodged in the wall of the tunnel and we twisted around and did finally [and a little painfully for me] come out the bottom. Sarah saw us come down and she was screaming from across the park, "Momma, why did you come down butt first?" My scrapes and scratches are still healing, motherhood is so glamourous!

In other news, I did make the time last week to actually finish a project. I saw these little hand stitched books and I had a burning desire to make one myself. Check it out, it's lovely to behold!
I tried follow an online tutorial but I just wasn't getting it, so I purchased a kit that included the tutorial [from the lovely Eve Johnson] and I was able to figure it out and I think I did it right because the sky opened up and a bright light shone down on me. I immediately wanted to make another one but couldn't find the supplies locally so I am waiting for them to come to my mailbox. I'm super anxious to make another one!

So looking forward to this. If you can believe it, my family is coming to visit! You don't see a lot of them on the blog because, neither do I. It's not for lack of want or missing one another, it's just plain old time and distance. We actually have worked out a plan that will bring us all together, sans one brother, for a day, and I could not be happier! Yay! A reluctant someone also has a very big milestone birthday in a few days [hi mom! love you!]

So far July is pretty cool, and it may get better.