Time flies

when you're having fun, or so they say. I think it flies by when you have 3 kids keeping you busy. Now that Caleigh is on summer vacation, it's either going to fly by faster, or crawl by, making me wish that school didn't break for summer. Speaking of school, Caleigh finished kindergarten and will be in grade 1 in the fall, and Aidan will start JK. Both will be there full days, so it will only be Brynna and I at home on the weekdays. I'm sure there will be lots to do and I will be able to get lots done with just 1 kiddo to keep entertained.

It's been interesting so far, on Friday the kids and I picked gobs of cherries from our tree, but you wouldn't really know it from looking at the tree because there's still so many there. Kevin and I froze 5, 4 cup bags on Friday night, then Saturday I pitted 2lbs of cherries and Kevin made brandied cherries with. On Sunday we did 2lbs more brandied cherries and I finished them off today(Monday) by making a cherry crisp.

Something has been eating/tearing up my veggie plants, and my herbs. Sunday I found both my cucumber plants, a couple of snow pea plants and bean plants pulled up and the tips of my parsley eaten. My spaghetti squash plant also had one of it's flowers broken off. Last night I spread some chili powder around the plants, and today I went out and got a couple of pepper plants(since I read that peppers will keep rabbits out) and some replacement cucumbers since if I reseeded now, we probably wouldn't get any veggies before it got too cold/wet for stuff to mature.

Brynna is growing by leaps and bounds. She's cruising around the couch and coffee table, and is getting 4 teeth on the top at the same time.It's hard to believe that she's almost a year old now. Caleigh has learned very quickly how to ride a big 2-wheeler, and Aidan is getting started using the balance bike to get himself caught up with Caleigh(she's really fast, and he hates getting left behind).

Finally Have Time

It's been a while since I updated the blog, and a lot has happened. Brynna's had a tummy bug, problems with hydration during high heat/humidity, continuing to get her teeth, a small little hernia, learning to feed herself Toasty Os, learning to stand in her crib, and her first dip in a kiddie pool. Caleigh has continued to improve at school(last week I had quick chats with her teachers and was so proud to hear how she is adapting to changes in routine without panicking or getting upset, how she is improving in her interactions with people), and at home(she's becoming so helpful with anything you can imagine). Aidan is having a good time helping and is getting excited for school in the fall(and for his birthday party where I've promised to make him a dinosaur train cake).

I've been making a lot of progress myself, both in my running and in my moods. I don't know whether it's the medication, running, being able to get outside more, or more likely, a combination of all of the above. I'm on week 4 of C25K, and it's going really well. I wasn't sure how I would do running longer intervals(3 and 5 minutes at a time), but I did well with it. I had to push it a bit for the 5 minute runs, but I felt really good at the end. However, I've discovered I'm not quite dedicated enough to running to go out in the rain(especially when the weather is supposed to improve throughout the day).

We also got our veggie garden in this past weekend, and I'm really excited about spending more time working on keeping it growing and weed-free this summer, along with the perennial gardens out front.