We have banging on the roof! Our roofer showed up this morning with his crew, and they've been working steadily ever since. Can I even begin to express how nice it is to have progress made on our roof after waiting nearly a year for him to show up? Nope, probably can't. Hopefully this will only take 2 or 3 more days. The noise isn't that bad today, although I did put Cole down in the guest room for his nap because they're working directly over our bedroom right now. It is rather inconvenient having the front door blocked off with large pieces of plywood, but I'm assuming that's not permanent.

This morning we went to story time. Accalia never seems especially thrilled to sit through the reading of three stories. I think it just doesn't capture her attention the way the intimacy of her and I snuggled up on the couch does. For her weekly prize for completing her reading minutes for the summer reading program, she was able to pick out a book. Well, I should say that's what she picked out of the basket of prizes. That's definitely what I would have picked, too :) The activity/craft today was using a bedsheet to throw up a bunch of water balloons. The kids had a blast, but Accalia never did get hit by a water balloon. Not sure if she was happy or disappointed by that.

This afternoon we stopped at the pet store to see the puppies and kitties. I don't know that we'll be getting a kitten any time in the near future since Accalia latches on to my leg and won't let go if any kitties start heading in our direction. Then we went to the childrens' consignment store, where Accalia picked out a toy and I picked out some winter outfits for Cole from the 70% off rack. Woo hoo!

Accalia was thrilled to get a package in the mail from her auntie Heather - a few warm weather outfits that she absolutely loves. She's been wearing each outfit for a while and then changing to another one every since they arrived.

And one of Cole's birthday presents arrived today (yes, I know his birthday is still over a month away) - Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton. It's such a cute song from her Philadelphia Chickens cd, and I started singing it to Cole whenever he's nursing or being slung to sleep. And sometimes he'll look royally ticked off if I don't start singing it. Once I do, though, his whole body just relaxes.