Summer days

Well hello there!

We are enjoying the last days of August. As many of you know Julia will not be starting the school year with the rest of her class since we need to keep her well for next month's surgery. So summer continues at our house for another few weeks. We're trying to stay busy to keep boredom from setting in...

The kids both love going for walks, Daniel watches the world pass by from the comfort of his stroller....

Julia and Puppy walk beside us, and Julia is the navigator telling me to follow her "this way! this way!"

However, boredom inevitably sets in and that's when it's time to torment Daniel. Julia loves her baby brother but sometimes resents the way he takes up family resources. Here she is stealing food off Daniel's tray. You would think we never fed the poor child by the way she snatches every morsel away from Daniel, sometimes even out of his little hand.

Here is our little street urchin staring longingly at the dinner cooking in the oven. I had to take this picture, you would be amazed at how long she sat there watching her food cook. She is my little helper these days, I can't do anything around the house without her wanting to help. She even helped me wrap a present for a birthday party this past weekend and actually did a good job putting tape on the package.

Daniel is still everywhere and is now fascinated with the stairs. He hasn't figured out how to climb them yet but it's only a matter of time.

And as always, there's lots of dancing....