Busy, busy, busy...

Since Sophia now goes to school five days a week, I have been finding it hard to get anything done. In the evenings and on the weekends, I like to spend time with Bob and the kids, so that decreases what I get done at those times. I have been trying really hard the past two days to get some thing caught up around the house. Today is what I call "Produce Day." We belong to two CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture) and today is the day that I pick up our organic produce from two local farms. The kids enjoy going to the farms each week and so do I. There is nothing better than direct from the farm food.

We were supposed to go camping last weekend, but the nightime temperatures were only supposed to be 38 and 42 and we did not feel that this was warm enough for Nicholas. So we spent the time at home on Friday and on Saturday we went out to the Pumpkin Patch with Sophia's best friends family. The kids all had a blast. We went through a corn maze, went on a hayride, shot pumpkins out of a sling shot and picked pumpkins. After we left the Patch we all went to a local park for a picnic. Overall it was a marvelous day.

I am not really sure what Sophia is doing in this picture, but I thought is was hilarious. Sophia's best friend's name is Sahas and he is like her calm alter ego. They are alike in so many ways, except for the fact that Sophia is a spazz and he is not.

Her is my little pumpkin with some other pumpkins. No matter how hard we tried, we could not get him to look up at he camera. I guess a little pumpkin is hard to compete with.

Since I really don't like to have my photo taken and I rarely smile when I do, I thought I would share this. As they say, the camera adds about 20 lbs, but in my case it is about 50!!! I just love the smile on Nicholas' face. I realize that he is getting older and it is only a matter of time, before these kind of cuddles will not be wanted anymore, so I have to enjoy them while I can.

The rest of the month will continue to be quite busy. This weekend our Godchild, Gabriel, is being Christened. It is a very happy occasion for our family as well as Gabe's. He is much more than a Godchild to me. I wish all the best for him.

By the way, I forgot to mention, we finally got a new dog. Her name is Chloe and she was rescued from the Humane Society. She is a 1 1/2 year old lab mix. We took pictures of her, but they were not that great, so when I finally get a good one, I will share it.

I have just finished my large Cafe Mocha and that means I am out of time. I hope that you all are wonderful and enjoying the fall!

High of 90...

Last Thursday the local kids got out of school for the summer. With the temperature already at 90 and the humidity high, I can truly say that summer has arrived in Maryland.


I think about when I was a kid and how that last few days of school were a total waste. We did nothing, learned nothing new and only daydreamed about the summer weeks that lay ahead. When school finally got out you spent most of your days outside. I can remember staying outside from the time I woke up until I went to bed. I remember the hot, humid nights spent laying in my own sweat, because we had no air conditioning. I remember one of the greatest joys of summer was to run through a lawn sprinkler. It was a simpler time.


Now as I drive down the street in the middle of summer. I barely see any kids outside. I wonder what they could be doing, but then I already know. They are plopped down in front of their televisions, watching TV or playing video games. It is no wonder that obesity is on the rise in America.

I do have a tendency to stay inside during the hottest part of the day and then go out in the evening. This is nice for a few reasons. First, it is not so stinking hot that I feel like I am going to melt. Second, Sophia's best playmate is home from day care. Third, some other adults are home and it gives me somebody to talk to. Sophia loves this time of the day. She wishes that her playmate could come and stay with us during the day so that they could be together all of the time.

We sometimes take walks in the evening. I would say half of the time it is Bob, Sophia, Sophia's buddy, Nicholas and me. We walk to the Snowball stand that is about a half a mile away and then come home. I have found joy recently in sugar-free Bahama Mama snowballs. The other night it had literally started to get dark by the time we left our house. This was fine though, because it was very cool and the moon was out. Sophia and her friend were holding hands in the double stroller and talking. It was so fun to watch them together. By the way, Sophia's best friend is a boy. Bob jokes that he is going to have to keep his eye on him.

I hope that our kids will look back on this someday and think that it was a fun time in their life. I don't have memories like this with my parents, so I want to make sure that my kids do.

I am sorry for the delay in posting. I know that I should post more often, but what can I say I am a slacker. I try to get around to read everybody else's blogs, but then have little time to post to my own. I actually started this post several days ago, but did not get a chance to come back to it until today. Hopefully, I can get my act together and write more frequently.