Life has been pretty low key around here since we returned from Mankato, but it's still been pretty busy. All three kids have been having a blast playing in and around the house. This has been an abnormally warm week - high 80s and low 90s - so we've been getting some end of the summer use out of the pool and slip 'n slide.

Accalia and Cole have been having a blast playing with the three neighbor girls, too. I have to admit to really, really liking the fact that the oldest is just six, which means there isn't that constant desire on the neighbor's part to run all over the neighborhood. Apparently, though, these girls don't get many sweets because the first thing they always ask when they come over is whether they can have a piece of gum or a sucker or whatever is filling the candy bowl that day. Accalia and Cole are only too happy to oblige. They love bringing out glasses of water or treats or whatever interests them that day.

My plan for this week had been to get Cole's picture taken, but that will have to wait until the end of next week when the bump and bruise on his forehead have hopefully disappeared. Last night he and Accalia were having a food fight with play food, and Accalia accidentally hit Cole with a plastic cup. "I should have ducked!" was Cole's response when I went to investigate the crying.

When I was younger, I think I had a lot of Type A tendencies, but those have slowly disappeared over the years. There's a big part of me that wishes I just naturally was drawn to making lists, being much more organized and so forth. It's so appealing to me, especially when I read/hear about other extremely organized people. I'm working with a LLL Leader Applicant right now who is SO organized, and it just seems to make everything that much easier (or at least easier to find/remember). I'm not sure that I can force myself to be more Type A, though. The bigger part of me completely rebels against that, so maybe it's hopeless.

I have requests to read to a certain boy, so I'd better get to that right now. All three kids are in various stages of undress. Ella is wearing Accalia's shorts right now, and they fit her surprisingly well.