The end of summer

It seems weird to me that it is mid-August and I write something titled the end of summer. But living in a college town, I think, has made me ever aware of when summer is over. All the signs welcoming the students back, suddenly exceptionally long check out lines that normally you zip through, campus areas now lined with "those young whipper snappers". And the pool is now closed that pretty much does it too! It seems like we have had a busy summer, but I'm not sure how much we really did... I'm just glad that we have made it through each day, since that is my current goal, to make it through the day. Some days we just have to focus on making it through the hour~ but thankfully those days are few and far between. And I'm proud to say that I'm not medicated and still making it... not that there is anything wrong with med and I know I sure enjoyed my medicated time (-: but I'm just glad to be learning to get through things on my own and trusting in God this time.

I can't believe how much has happened in just this summer... AJ is riding is two-wheeler, TK cut teeth (almost 6 of them now), AJ might be almost potty trained, both kids have learned to LOVE Popsicles, TK learned to crawl and pull her self up... I'm sure there are a million more things, but at this hour my mind is blank. But speaking of potty training, AJ decided he was big enough to wear his under-roos to bed tonight, after much prompting to put on a diaper, I put him to bed in his under-roos. Five minutes later he was standing in his door soaked. Still he didn't want to put the diaper on. Finally after Mark and I explained that most 2 year-olds don't wear under-roos to bed he decided maybe the diaper would be ok. I'm sure this argument will be appearing soon again. He does wake up dry a lot of mornings, but I just see this as the little sliver of hope of sleep I did have going right down the drain. (I haven't slept at night since before AJ was born and he will be 2-1/2 on Wednesday.) Oh well one day.

Mark and I had a parenting argument on the way to church this morning.... always a lovely time for an argument. When it come to parenting I tend to have more of a "who cares" attitude than Mark. So I wasn't comfortable in my shirt this morning so I went to change... AJ noticed I changed and decided he needed to change his shoes and get more "dressed up". So he went in to my room and got my sparkly turquoise shoes and put them on and said he was ready to go and didn't want to change his shoes when I asked him. I said ok and put his sandals in his bag and buckled the kiddos in. Well Mark was slightly appalled that I thought it was fine he wore those shoes. AJ tends to get obsessed with something, but as soon as something new comes along he dumps the old for the new. Mark stated he was not going into church wearing those shoes, I said who cares let him. Well thankfully when we got there the shoes had fallen off and he didn't care that I put sandals on him ~ he was just concerned if he was going to get to play with Halle!

Well this was a lengthy one so I'm off to bed.... 6:30am tomorrow Lucy will be here (-: