Dishwasher

Ian loves the dishwasher. Anytime he sees it open he makes a beeline for it. Sometimes I indulge him a little, but this morning he only wanted to take everything out at a rapid pace, which was frustrating because I was trying to put dirty dishes in. So I barricaded him in the living room with a box of diapers, a plastic tote, and a large basket of laundry. Usually this approach works and he just stands there voicing his displeasure, but today he felt a little more motivated and climbed over a basket of diapers and the box of diapers and the small tote all in one go. He then put his crawling into overdrive and just to spite me dumped out the fresh dish of cat water all over the floor and then proceeded to pull things out of the dishwasher all while yelling at me baby gibberish that I'm sure translate into obscenities of some sort.

So Long Summer

Summer has always been fleeting. And this summer was no exception. We had an eventful summer but it came and went too quickly.

I survived my summer classes, barely. One thing I learned, I am Not a technical writer. I took a tech comm class and really struggled to keep out all my "loaded language" as Michael referred to it. But lucky for me Mike graduated with a technical communications certificate, so I had my own personal tutor. And he was Fabulous.
Other classes I took were a Coun 494 workshop and Engl 401, advanced nonfiction writing. I enjoyed them all and earned straight A's. I was really proud not only of my grades but that me and the kids and the house all survived 8 weeks of craziness.

Ian is 9 months and still growing like crazy. Some days when I see my kids after they get I up swear that they grew over night. It's a little bittersweet. I love seeing them grow and become their own person but I get a little sad. I enjoy my babies.
Sorry for the sidetrack...
Ian is cruising along the furniture. I am sure it is only a matter of time before he is brave enough to take off walking. He is the happiest little boy. He rarely cries and loves to play. He truly adores his big sister and gets giddy with excitement when he sees her.
Abby is 4. We celebrated her birthday at Lake Lowell with family this year and had a fun time. We barbecued and let the kids swim and play. Abby was pretty stoked to turn 4. She is a beautiful little girl. I'm not sending her to preschool this year because to be quite honest it costs a LOT of money. So I am going to do it at home with her. Which will be interesting...

We went to 2 family reunions this summer, both my mother and father-in-laws' families and had a fun time. We also spent a week in Wyoming visiting Mike's sister's family and had a lot of fun.
My mom is recovering from her illness and we are so grateful she is feeling better. She really gave us a scare. I am grateful for blessings and amazing doctors.

I start school tomorrow and am kind of nervous. I was going to take 9 credits but I dropped one due to the books required for the course and the inevitable arrogant comments that would arise due to the contents of the books. I don't know if I have the patience for it right now.
I am getting close to finishing my degree, it will take a while though since I am going part time.
Mike wants to go get his Master's of Fine Arts after I am done but unless he gets into BSU's program it will probably be a while since the housing market is still crappy.

We are all doing well and staying busy. And for now we say so long to summer. I know Abby will miss the hot days and the slip n' slide in the backyard, the free movies at the theater, and free lunches at the park. Hopefully we can slide a little more summer fun in Labor Day weekend...