Yesterday's library program of worm farming was a huge hit with Accalia. We now have two worms in a jar on the kitchen counter that appear to happily be living in layers of shredded paper, dirt, sand and grass with a bit of food scraps thrown in. The lady who did the program yesterday instructed the kids to give the worms half a cup of water and a few food scraps once per week.

Yesterday also may or may not have been Accalia's swimming test. She wasn't sure if the teacher had been testing them or just having them do what they usually do. I guess we'll see tomorrow on her last day.

Other than those things, most of yesterday was taken up with the neighbor girls. Usually they go to a babysitter when their mom is working, but so far this week a babysitter has been coming to their house. I really hope it won't be this way all summer. I know that I sound like the most unsociable mom ever when I make comments like that, but I'm beginning to think that the house next door draws the most needy kids to it and that we end up spending most of the day taking care of them when they're around. Yesterday, when Accalia and Cole decided they wanted to just relax and watch cartoons after coming back from the library rather than playing with the girls were asked by the older girl: "But you're at home, so why can't you play?" They really believe this because if they're at home they want to be over here playing with the kids. I can't blame them for that because the majority of their time is either spent at a babysitter's while their mom works or at school when that's in session. So, their free time at home is very limited.

Anyway, that is my rant of late. I try to keep in mind that, for the majority of the time, the kids have lots of fun together and fairly rarely push it to the point where Accalia and Cole just want to curl up and hide in order to relax. These are the same girls, too, that we basically didn't see from November until February or March because it was apparently too cold for them to be outside.

Today we had friends over in the afternoon before Accalia went to tap (and yes, the neighbor girls were over, too, as everyone played in the sprinklers). But really, today was all about me. I woke up this morning and the room was spinning. The dizziness/lightheadedness continued throughout the morning (and I still feel lightheaded when I make movements that are too quick). After about 2 1/2 hours of feeling like that, I called Cory and he, of course, told me to call the doctor right away. I was planning to do that but wanted to be considerate and give Cory a heads up. Anyway, I talked with the doctor and, since I didn't have any of the signs of something more serious like preeclampsia, the doctor said we should just keep an eye on things. I'll be seeing her on Friday, too. This may not even be pregnancy related, of course, since there are plenty of other reasons why people experience dizziness. Maybe there's something going on with my ears. Who knows.

So now I'm trying to get Ella to sleep, and Accalia and Cole are outside with the neighbor girls. Cory's delivering pizzas and will hopefully have an early night if it continues to be slow. Tomorrow's going to be busy and will keep us out of the house quite a bit.