Ridin'

For the longest time Tea has been riding her bike on one training wheel. It finally bugged her bad enough tonight that she begged to just have them both taken off. The second they were off she rode with no problem. Seriously, she never even fell down. She has mastered turning, breaking, and even potholes. We're going to practice a bit more tomorrow just to make sure she's ready for the open road, but I'm so excited for her.

Reading

It's no new news that I love to read. This summer has been awesome in that way. I've had time to read several major novels. For some reason nestling down with a good book under the air conditioner in the summer is just perfect. Chiggie is a major reader now too. So far this summer she has read over 30 books including Charlotte's Web and Island of the Blue Dolphins. I love to see her engrossed in a book. It brings back my own childhood memories I suppose. Today we went to the library and stocked up for the week. I'm glad that my love of reading has been passed on to our girls.

Expanding

I went back and forth over whether or not to journal my pregnancy through a seperate blog. Finally I decided to keep up another blog just for the duration of the pregnancy. That way I won't feel like the old blog is dominated by pregnancy stuff. I'll still post all the big events on this blog just not the little stuff. If you want feel free to come visit me at the new place!

Sit Down Please

Thinking

I like to be busy. Not pulling your hair out busy. Just busy enough to keep my mind from wandering. Thinking too much about tomorrow, the next day, and the next. I'm very blessed to have stability in my life. No matter what happens the King and I have a strong marriage. The girls are healthy and happy. There are still hardships though. Layoffs at the King's current job are coming up. Already. Some new jobs have been posted, but nothing even remotely close to here. I guess the reality that he will end up gone for awhile again is looming in the back of my mind. We've had a great summer and he'll be around for the rest so that I am very thankful for. After that though, who knows. Until he's licensed we're at the mercy of the company he works for. Industrial work just pays better. A lot better. We've made it this far, we can do it.

Quiet

Our house seemed so quiet today. Our company left this weekend so there's two fewer little girls running around. The visit went great. The weather perked up and we fit in several outdoor activies and also consumed way too much ice cream. I'm so glad that they decided to come (it was a last minute invitation.) I loved having extra people around. If you know me at all than you know that I love a full house. Hence our choice to have several kids. Maybe this will become an annual tradition. I would like that and I'm sure the girls would agree.

I made the best of the quiet and cleaned up the house today. We spent so much time outside over the past several days that it wasn't bad at all. I got caught up on laundry and changed the sheets. The girls have colds and just took it easy for the day. Tonight we're having homemade pizza for dinner and everybody around here loves that.

It was very stormy here today. Lots of lightning and loud thunder. For the first time in a long time the girls actually got scared. I let them get out all of the blankets and make forts in the family room. This distracted them from the storm. Not sure what we'll do the rest of the week. I'd like to go to the pool for sure, but the weather doesn't look very promising. We'll just have to see I guess.

Good to the Last Drop