Back on the roller coaster!

Today was not only Naeem's 3-month birthday, it was also my first day back to work. He cooperated beautifully, sleeping well and only getting fussy at around 5pm. When I took him home to see the other munchkins, who did a lot of playing all day with the babysitter, he spent time pushing up and looking in the mirror. He also rolled over for the second time!
I really need to charge my camera...

time on my hands

It's amazing what I can do when I have a little time on my hands. As prep for school's in-service, the entire upstairs of the house was re-organized. It looks great now! If only I could get the whole house looking like this all at once. Sigh.
BUT, after experimenting with keeping plants alive, I finally felt we could handle a little vegetable garden. We are presently growing golden berries and peppers (thanks, P2!), carrots, lettuce, peas, and summer squash. All in little planter boxes on our deck. I'm loving it!

Swimming!

This summer, 9 out of the 12 cousins took swimming classes. It was amusing to see people's reactions as we showed up with 11 kids in tow (Naeem and Loenn were with us, but didn't swim). It varied anywhere from admiration to slight horror. As the summer comes to an end, we are down to only 4 kids in the pool. They've made great progress!

And the summer is winding down

This past weekend was the last time that Liana and Loenn will get to Camanche this summer. Kaitano and Malena are off traveling with their parents. Wellington and I are preparing for in-service. Yes, the summer is really coming to an end.

At least Liana and Loenn's last weekend was a spectacular one - temperatures in the low hundreds! It was wonderful. Everyone spent time in the water and lots of fun was had.

Naeem took his first swim.

Ilori discovered the "deep" isn't so bad! In fact, he took off swimming across the channel.

Grapes!

Taxi!

A perfect dinner. 

Look what I found!

Looking for more.

Today was a lot of fun!

Thumbs...

Someone has discovered that thumbs are SOOO soothing! You wouldn't believe how much of it he gets in his mouth.