Back to normal - sort of :)

We got Nathan back today after not having him for three weeks!! It was a step back into reality - in a good way. We have been on "vacation" but it was interspersed with things like the AC going out which made it not all together relaxing!!

So today was actually a beautiful moment of summer - Heather, Owen and Julia were over and the kids played out in the backyard for a couple hours while Heather and I just hung out and chatted - Summer truly does not get any better than that (okay Julia's faceplant coming down the slide that ended in a tooth coming out was not the best but you know - other than that...)

It is very odd not having Bethany home - she is at camp for two weeks and I miss her like crazy - I feel like I am always missing someone!! Tomorrow Jessi leaves for my in-laws cabin with her cousin and uncle - my house will seem empty!!

Nathan's favorite phrase is "what's that?" This sounds adorable - and it is the first 150 times you hear it- after that - a little wearing :) Apparently TImothy thought so as well because the two boys were sitting on JJ tonight as JJ was reading on Sonny's Kindle. Nathan kept saying "what's that?" and Timothy kept dutifully responding, until he had heard the question enough. At this point he yelled very clearly at Nathan, " A KIN-DLE" Pretty funny.

Timothy and Jordan were glad to have Nathan back though - it's kind of funny but it seems when you throw Nathan in the mix Jordan and Timothy pick on each other a little less. They aren't picking on Nathan but they don't mother hen each other as much. Maybe it is because Nathan doesn't seem to mind them mother henning him!!

Nathan also experienced the ramifications of walking behind a 7 year old on a moving swing today - you can imagine the result of that. Why is it that every child needs to get hit by a swing at least 15 times before they learn Newton's law that an object in motion will stay in motion until an opposing force acts upon it (I think - I might have the wrong :))

I have also half-heartedly started the potty training battle with Timothy- I started the chocolate bribe - he is obsessed with chocolate so it might actually succeed!! Maybe - he is pretty determined to do his own thing!! And that thing is usually anything he thinks I don't want him to do -he is two after all - LOL!

I am really like this summer's lazy days - I don't even want to think about the fact that fall soccer starts in a month and then school is just around the corner!!