Summer Coming to an End and Flag Football Starting!

It is August.  What?  When did that happen?  I can't believe this summer is just about over.  The boys start school in less than 2 weeks.  I was hoping to be able to spend their last couple weeks going to the pool and doing other fun stuff, but it has been too cool for the water.  While it is beautiful, it is just not pool weather.   To top it off, Colin has had a fever the last couple days.  So, we have really been cooped up inside.  As luck would have it, today it is finally warm enough for the pool, but since we weren't able to get out the last few days I had to spend the time between Leah's naps going to the library (to return books and getting their final summer reading prizes) and the grocery store (we were just about out of diapers).

We have gone on a couple walks since it's been too cold for the pool...

The boys were not well behaved today at the grocery store.  Four kids by myself at the store is no fun.  Dennis has also been in NY this week, he got back last night.  I think that these long summer days with just me and the kids is starting to wear on all of us.  Here is to hoping we all can get our act together, so that we can enjoy the last 2 weeks of summer!  I haven't taken much pictures with the good camera recently, so it is mostly just some phone photos...

In other news....Leah is trying hard to sit up.  I have to be right there because she will topple over after a few seconds, but slowly and surely she is getting there.  She is also eating some table food now.  I still mostly feed her baby food, but will give her some bites of whatever we are eating (banana, rice, chicken, avocado, asparagus, etc), if it is small and soft.  She is also working hard to pick up some puffs and yogurt bites.  She hasn't quite mastered the pincer grasp, but she is trying and manages to still get stuff in her mouth sometimes.

Mmmm....pasta!

Evan has his very first flag football practice today!  He had a "draft" last week for placement on teams (really just to make sure teams are equally divided).  They measured the height of each kid and had them do drills to see how each kid throws, catches, and runs for placement on teams.  Evan did a great job with all the drills!

We have a busy next few days getting prepared for 2 weeks of visitors.  Monday, Carol and her 4 kids visit.  Then Thursday night Grammy and Grandpa come.  Carol leaves Friday morning.  Dennis and I spend that weekend in Chicago and then Wednesday, Grammy and Grandpa leave and Julie and her family come till the following Monday.  It should be fun, but busy, and I have a lot of meal planning, grocery shopping, cleaning, etc to do to get ready!  As well as get the boys ready for school starting.

Almost forgot to mention...there was a family day at Connor Prairie (where the boys did camp), so we all went and had a blast.  They had food and the boys had fun going into some of the old homes on the prairie.   Colin got to throw a tomahawk at the Indian village and did awesome.  He actually got it to stick in the target which nobody else that we saw before him was able to do!

This is Logan going out to lunch on Sunday.  Wearing a cape of course!  Our Mr. Independent is loving to tell us that he is big.  I tried to discipline him this week and he just smiled and said "time out?"  Like he could care less.  Then, he just strolled right to the time out chair and sat down.  When I told him he can't play outside by himself he just looked at me like I was crazy and said, "But, I'm big.".