Yawn

Lee schedule has shifted now, so that he is working on Saturdays. The good thing about that is that most Saturdays he will get to work locally, at an office in Wormleysburg, which is only a 10 minute drive. This is exactly why I am not able to work right now - his schedule is changing constantly. Even if I was trying to find a job or to work at SH, from one week to the next, I wouldn't know what hours to tell them I am available.

But things are good on the homefront. So much has improved with me taking my housewife job seriously. Even though I have been handwashing clothes and ironing them, we always have clean clothes and know where they are. I make sure the house is tidy before Lee gets home everyday. Lee doesn't like it when I clean the house when he is home - when he is home, it's supposed to be fun time. So I vacuum right before he gets home and do dishes and laundry while he is away. So far this is making for fun, peaceful days off.

Now tomorrow is the first day that books will be available for HACC. This is something of a holiday for Lee and I. We will leave the kids with Nan tomorrow (it is her day off) and try to score as many used texts as we can before they run out. The lines are epic, especially in the fall. They are less so in the Spring, when many people have decided not to come back.

I got to harvest in my Beaver family garden this week. We picked about 30 lbs of produce, simply culling the things that were almost overripe. There is a LOT more there. We probably had 100 cherry tomatoes, and there are still hundreds more there, green or light orange just waiting for another day or two of sun. So much fun!!

Elijah got to go to G. I. Joe with Daddy and Uncle Jon this week. A friend of Jon and Lee's had tickets so they were all able to go together. That was really nice. Olivia was a little jealous that she didn't get to see Uncle Jon, but she and I spent the evening with Nan so it was ok.

Today we are going to a family picnic. Hope the rain stays away!

Last night, Elijah read to us a book that we never read before. Woohoo!

Olivia has been writing people's names down on whatever paper she can get her pretty little fingers on.

And Julius has been working on his communication, too. He is very good at letting us know what he wants. Sometimes, he is willing to trade for it (Here is my cup of juice. Please give me your bag of chips.) He squeals angrily when the other two kids go outside without him or have a snack without offering him any. And he's not afraid to crawl up in Dad's lap and snuggle, especially when dad has a nice big bowl of ice cream.

I love that about have three kids. With Boo, there was nobody but me and Dad to play with. With Olivia, she has Boo to tag around with or be envious of. But with the third, there is a group (Boo and Liv) that he wants to be a part of, wants to keep up with. They are learning how to share and be patient with each other. It's awesome.

My camera may or may not be functioning. I am charging the batteries right now so we'll see. A certain young Caesar threw it into my dish water, but I think it may have recovered. Here's hoping.