I know, Scott & I are terrible about updating this thing. It seems that we’re constantly on the go. I guess that’s the way life is when you have a busy 3 and 4-year old, huh? We’re having a fantastic summer and as bad as it sounds, I am somewhat looking forward to the Fall. We’ll start with the summer news.

We decided to invest in Big Surf Season passes this year and it has been worth every penny. In fact, we have gone more than enough to pay for the passes so the investment had already paid off! The kids both love playing in the kiddie pool and sliding on the kiddie slide. They are so cute running around with each other. Benjamin loves to slide down the slide a bazillion times while Elisabeth is perfectly content filling her bucket and dumping it on Mommy. They’re both getting more comfortable with the wave pool, but Elisabeth spends most of her time in the ankle deep waves. Benjamin gets braver with each trip and has progressed to waist-deep water during the waves and chest-deep water with the waves off.

We spent July 4th weekend and the following week at my mom’s so that Scott could work on the trailer. Besides, we like to escape the craziness that is the Lake of the Ozarks during all holiday weekends! The kids had a blast at Grandma’s, of course, and Scott accomplished a ton of work. We’re so close to the dang thing being ready for us to actually stay there! I can’t wait! The kids are thrilled too, but they may change their mind when they realize that staying at the trailer means that they won’t be staying at Grandma’s anymore!

Alas, the summer will soon be over. We plan on spending as much time in the water as possible and getting some use out of our play yard, however, we have officially started preparations for returning to preschool. Benjamin went last year, so it will all be “old hat” for him, however, this year I will be losing my baby, Elisabeth, to preschool as well. What will I do? Benjamin will attend M-W-F and Elisabeth will go on Tues and Thurs. It’s only in the mornings, but it does mean that I will officially be taking children to school every weekday for the next, what, 15 years… or is it 16? It hurts my brain to think about it.

I’m sure that Elisabeth will enjoy preschool, especially the social aspect of it. She’s definitely a princess fairy girl. She loves to play and dance. She even told Scott recently, “watch,dad, this is the most beautiful dance you have ever seen.” Oh boy, are we ever in trouble with this one! She’s recently taken to playing with her dolls and stuffed animals like you would expect any little girl to. She’s constantly putting them to bed and caring for them in various ways. It melts my hear to see her little maternal side. She starts dance this fall and we can’t wait to see how she blossoms!

For those of you who don’t already know, Benjamin is reading. Not repeating the words he has already memorized from us reading and re-reading certain stories to him. He is truly reading books. According to his preschool teachers, some of his sight words are at a 2nd grade level! We try to stimulate him, because he LOVES it, but we’re also trying to let him be a boy as well. He’s pretty good at doing “regular” boy things like playing with his trains or trucks, but most especially, he’s good at tormenting his sister. Hey, what are brothers for, right?

I’m really looking forward to when school starts and I’ll have only one child each morning. They’re so close together in age that they’ve both missed out on special one-on-one time with Mommy. It will be nice to have some bonding time!