THE LAST FEW DAYS

I can't believe it's already Thursday. The days are literally flying by. I'm on my feet doing something from 6am-10pm with hardly a break...though I do take 5 here and there to do email or check a blog or 2. :) "Regular" life takes up most of my day..and what used to be "down time" is now "unpack another box and try to put the contents away" time.

Anyway-here's a little snippet of the last few days at our house:

Tuesday, all 3 kids had dentist appointments. Elizabeth doesn't get a cleaning, just looked at for cavities. The same happened back in March but I had to let her have an appt this time too b'cuz she is SO into doing whatever Andrew and Becca do she would have just been so upset if she hadn't had a turn in the dentist's chair. :) Plus, our insurance totally covers it so we don't have to pay a dime AND with her facial deformities, we're glad the dentist can keep an eye on her jaw line (that will need to be surgically lengthened in a few years, before we start having ear surgeries)

In front of the house...notice Becca's baby cradle? :) she decided Andrew's football helmet made for a great baby carrier. :)
Elizabeth just HAD to be a part of the action! With everything she saw the other 2 getting done she'd ask "my turn? my turn?" The hygenists and dentist got a big kick out of her. :)


Andrew naps in his big boy room everyday..well, he doesn't nap -I just send him in there to rest and usually 1 out of 5 days he'll nap. Anyway, the last 2 days Elizabeth has asked to nap in Andrew's bed...she is so proud of herself for sleeping in a "big bed". It won't be hard at all to transition her full time into that bed! yay!
notice anything different? yep-a pool fence. finally. our backyard is absolutely stunning..the previous owners went all out making it resort-like...but they had older kids and so did not have a pool fence. The 2 doors leading to the backyard have double handles on them -here you can either have a fence or the double handles -1 low and 1 high and both have to be turned in order to open the door...thus making it impossible for littles to open it....but that isn't optimal for us. Not having a fence meant we couldn't let the kids go outside if we weren't right there with them. And even then, you can't see the pool from the grass area very well. So, even though it totally breaks up the beauty of the patio/pool area -we had a fence installed.

Now, with the cooler weather approaching, I can let the kids run and play outside without worrying every minute if they're OK.




Last, but not least, here are my kids dancing to one of their favorite YouTube videos right now. :) You can see the video HERE and if you have littles, I'd highly recommend you do so. :)

take a note at how little rhthym my kids have..and then make sure you notice Elizabeth's version of break-dancing!