The Crafts

I pulled the whole updog joke on Kate this morning. In case you don't know it... Me: Smells like updog in here? Kate: What's updog? Me: What's up with you...dog! She rolled her eyes but I bet $10 she uses it on one of her friends in the near future.  Kate - She reads 451 books a week and is currently reading a giant book on Greek Mythology. She swims until her whole body looks like a raisin and she just finished her first season of real softball- not the coach pitch kind. The family went to Clear Lake again this summer. We truly enjoyed ourselves. The girls swam like fish and everyone slept really well...as well as you can when there are six people crammed into a tiny hotel room. CJ - She wrapped up her fourth year of t-ball. It's a long story on why she has been in so many years of t-ball but she is ready to move ahead to coach pitch next summer. CJ has become an excellent reader for her age. She reads quite a bit on her own and she can often b...

Hahahahahahahah ahahahaha hahaha... Excuse me while I laugh hysterically at myself and eat a big, fat slice of humble pie. My last blog post dated May 6th was jam packed to the rafters with declarations of summer love. I boasted I couldn't wait for the end of school, for long days outside in the yard, swimming for hours at the local pool, eating meals outdoors. Hahahahahahahahahah hahahahaha. Okay people, let me take a moment to be honest here. Life is hard with four little kids. Every now and then I get this idea that everyone is old enough that we can do stuff...like normal family stuff such as eating out or leaving the house on time. Hahaha. Nope. Not yet. And probably not any time soon. I won't break it down story by story but we have barely been outside. We don't go to the park and we haven't been to the pool in almost three weeks. We are straight up caged zoo animals. And when you do see us out I want you to understand I am totally winging it.