Because I don't have enough to do, I’ve started geocaching with the boys.  Geocaching is kind of like a treasure hunt, except there’s no treasure, only small boxes with logbooks and junk.  You look up locations at geocaching.com, then use your GPS to find them.  So far, we’ve found four, all around our house. 

One of today's was found by Lauren, Alex’s bff.  Alex was very jealous that she found it and he didn't.  We had a lot of fun though, and its a good way to get out and be together for stuff.

I’m back!  Life has gotten in the way of me posting, but I’m trying to get back into the swing of things.  There are lots of things happening in my life now, and this certainly isn't the place to talk about most of it, but what this place IS for is writing about the annoying things that my kids do.

Since it’s been so long, I’ll just give a quick update on what each of the little monsters darlings are up to.

Eric

Eric turns 11 next month, and I have no idea how that happened. He’s had a great summer so far; he goes to lego camp with his cousin Will next week.  Lego camp, for the uninitiated, is where you go and build lego sets all day.  It sounds like it would get old after about an hour for me, but he seems to enjoy it.  He spends a lot of time at the lake with my parents and Will, they swim for hours at a time and have lots of fun that the rest of us just don't understand.

Alex

Alex has had an eventful summer too.  He spent last week in Missouri with Jennifer’s grandparents, and has had all sorts of other adventures.  A couple of weeks ago, Eric dared him to touch a red-hot stove, to see if it was hot.  Like an idiot, he did it, and got burns on his fingers.  I didn't have a lot of sympathy for him.

Jake

Jake is the way Jake always is: 100 miles an hour and totally sure of himself.   You have no idea how frustrating it can be to have a six year old argue with you about EVERYTHING.  When he’s not climbing up the walls, Jake is in a clingy phase now, he wants to sleep with me every night.  I usually let him.

Izzy

What can you say about the princess.  She’s the center of attention, she knows it, and she likes it. 

Hopefully, I’ll be able to update here more often…life keeps getting in the way though.  I have lots of stuff in the queue, I just have to type it up and post it.