The days are just flying by

It seems time is just flying away these days. Summer is slowly coming to an end and we are getting pretty excited about school starting. Ashlyn and Austin both picked out their backpack of choice - Austin went with "Bumblebee" from Transformers and Ash decided on a turquoise one with lots of flowers on it - super cute. We have had such a fun summer, but I think I'll be ready to get back in the drop off line at school - you know how I like schedules! Although, I am a bit stumped as to how I'm going to have four kids ready to go in the morning by 8 - good thing my kids get up at the crack of dawn. Austin and Ashlyn both finished up 4 weeks of swim lessons last week. They loved the lessons and actually learned a lot too. Austin completed the first two classes and got all his checks marked off - he can even tread water for 15 seconds! Yipee!! He is definitely the water bug in the fam so far. He loves to swim underwater and jump in doing cannonballs. Ashlyn also totally improved, although she still is not fond of putting her head under. The strange part is that she went off the diving board twice! You never know...
Gabriella was a trooper to go to lessons every morning and watch the kids - she actually had a great time on the side with her buddies Will and Sam. As long as she got her fruit snacks she was a happy girl. Several times we would stay after lessons and swim and have a picnic - good times.
Lucas is getting huge and not much of a baby any more. We finally have the asthma under control and he has stopped puking - yeah! He loves to sit up and play on his own. He prefers not to be laying down. He can roll over, but doesn't care too. He would much rather just sit still and play with his bucket that he puts toys in and out of. He can definitely get to where he wants to go, although it's really not a pretty process. He basically lays on his back and does 360's until he gets to where he wants to go - very funny. I can't believe he's 7 months old already -he's eating everything in sight, growing up way too fast. Speaking of growing up fast, Austin will be 5 next month and Ash will be 4!! What?!?!
We got to see our good friends, the Marks, recently which is always a treat. They have 3 boys and a girl - all similar in ages to ours, and her youngest and Lucas are only 2 weeks apart. I got a pic that I will post soon - they are so cute! Of course when we get together we have 8 kids without anyone else coming - holy smokes...
I don't feel like I have much to post today - I've really just been enjoying the kids these days and enjoying my hubby - we've had some fun weekends lately of just doing fun stuff with the kids. I can't say I've done a whole lot else, unless you count, cooking, cleaning, laundry, changing diapers, doctor appointments, etc...ha!
Hope you are havin' the time of your life!
ST