Dear Children, ahhh it's summer vacation from school. It's been a fun week of relaxing, for the most part. Dear Swimming Pool, I have a feeling we will be visiting nearly every day. It is a good feeling when all your kids can swim without you being in the water with them the whole time or having to chase them around. It also helps that they have fun together. Dear Dinner, I confess, I only made dinner once this week...it was busy ok. Dear Hulu, you've got me hooked on the voice. I stay up way too late trying to finish the season. Just one more night. Part of the problem is that I can't watch tv when the kids are awake because they make noise and stand in front of the tv so I have to wait until they are in bed. Dear Irrigation, I don't love you because that means MUD everywhere. It also means all the bugs run towards the house and lots of wet muddy laundry. But the kids love you. They spent all day wallowing in the mud puddles with a nice sunburn to show for it. Dear HomeTeacher, thanks for feeding us and entertaining the kids. They loved the rides on the 4 wheeler and picking your unripe fruit off of your tree. Stinkers. Dear Sonic, happy hour is just that. Dear Hazel, you lost a tooth! You discovered it was loose and wiggled it. Thirty minutes later Emi pulled it out. You didn't panic or even cry. And it only took the Tooth Fairy 4 days to come. Dear Emi + Liam, I have enjoyed watching you play soft/base ball this week. You guys are doing great. Dear Will, you've been working long hours this week. That usually means we end up staying up way too late. I look forward to next weekend when you will get a short break. Dear Self, I didn't accomplish much this week other than hanging out with the kids. I don't even feel bad about it.
