Early to Bed.

It is go go go here. Summer is so much fun, but man, I am exhausted! And so are the kids. They are ready for bed almost immediately after dinner these days. Last week was Bible School which the kids loved and came home singing almost every day. This week is swim lessons. Again, the kids are loving it - and they are all improving a ton. I know not all kids love the pool, some people just don't care to be in the water, which is totally fine - to each his own. But, as a mother of 4 young kiddos you must learn to survive in the water. My goal is that they can all hold their breath under water for at least a couple seconds. Austin is all over the place so he is no problem. Ashlyn is finally putting her head under water a bit and of course Gab has no problem going under. So, 3 out of 4 isn't too bad. We've had a great time at lessons, picnic lunches with friends at the pool - and then more swimming. We are all ready for some relaxing by the time we get out of the sun. Lucas had a pretty rough week last week - with no help from me...he was so so fussy and wheezy. I thought it was just his allergies and asthma, but as 6 days passed by I finally couldn't handle the fussiness and took him to the asthma doc. Turns out he had a bad ear infection - huh?? It was his first one (or first one we knew of) and he was sleeping fine at night so I never thought it would be the ear, but of course it was. Now we are finishing up the antibiotics and doing much better. He is back to all smiles again finally!! Had a fun birthday party for mom tonight too. So glad we live close for celebrations like that. I can't imagine missing that stuff. Or any of it - I love love love that we chose to live here, we are so blessed by our wonderful family. And now I am feeling blessed to have a couch to sprawl out on so I must sign off now.
Enjoy the sunshine!!