Deserted my Blog

Ok, so I've deserted my blog. Here's a smattering of photos to make up for it...

Who wants to sleep in a nice bunk bed? Not Ace.  More likely than not, I go in to wake him up from a nap and find him on the floor, having made a pallet.

 They are getting along because they (a) don't have to share a pillow and (b) 'cus Lily's got the tv and Ace has the iphone.

 5 mins of lovin'...because undoubtedly it doesn't last.

 Somebody LOVES her some swimming!  She's gone from crawling up to the top of our heads to avoid putting any part of herself in the water, to jumping off the poolside into our arms.

 Doing his first chore: putting away the silverware.  And it only cost me 5 cents! (He's real in to nickels.)

 She REFUSED to sit in her highchair for lunch today and was very happy when Mommy caved.

 This poor monkey takes a beating.  Lily and Ace love to pounce on it.

And what's up with us?  Work, work, yard work, carpool, work, sleep and work.  Add a few naps in there too and that's the whole of it.  Summer is lazy and we like it that way.  Jonathan's trying to teach Ace to swim and we are armed with Sea World/ Aquatica season passes.  Lily Kate is repeating EVERYTHING we say and getting too smart for her britches.  Jonathan is training for a marathon in November and trying to talk me into the half...which he won't do...but maybe I should because we also started "Summer Cookie Weekends" where Ace gets to pick a cookie to bake each weekend.

Lunch hour is over now. Back to it.