Hi Again...

It's been over a month since I posted - sad really. No excuses. Busy. Life happening. 'Nuf said.

Soccer season has started already. I wasn't planning to coach Allison's team again but I couldn't resist. So last night we had our first practice. It went pretty well! Our youngest player is 3, barely. He's absolutely adorable and actually quite good for a little guy. Two of Allison's kindergarten classmates are on our team and the three of them were kind of silly and goofy! We'll practice again on Friday.

Speaking of Friday - there's a rumor going around that we may see temps in the 70's and then into the 80's over the weekend! I dare not get to excited - the weather man - excuse me, weather person has let us down before! We haven't really had that warm weather since, hmmm, last October maybe!!! That's 6 MONTHS! Okay, I'm depressed now...

It's school vacation week for the girls. We don't have any real plans, which is fine because I do love lazy days with little girls (and big girls) in their jammies until noon, no place to be, and no real schedule! Today, however, we did have plans. I thought a neighborhood cleanup would be a nice way to celebrate Earth Day. Disclaimer: Earth Day for me is simply acknowledging the responsibility we all have in taking care of our planet. So, I rounded up the neighborhood kids and we set out with trash bags, brooms and shovels. Here in New England the sand deposited from the winter plow trucks can get pretty deep and brooms and shovels are the only way to rid the concrete sidewalks of the sand's seemingly permanent grip! The kiddos, who ranged in age from 14 to 6, did a fantastic job and when they finished they had gathered 8 bags of trash! We celebrated their hard work with ice cream sundaes on the back deck!

It's also TICK SEASON! ALREADY! Poor Lucy has had two on her! She's black so there's no finding them until they're engorged - EWWW! My brave sister in law, Erica, pulled one off of her on Saturday and Monday morning Allison found another FULL one on the floor that had obviously fallen off of the dog - GROSS! I didn't realize that I needed to be putting the Advantix on her yet - Guess what I'll be doing before our next walk in the great outdoors! If you've read this blog for any length of time you know my deep aversion to all things that creep - things that creep and embed themselves into your skin just about push me over the edge!!

Speaking of my brave sister in law Erica...We had a house full last weekend. Saturday night there were 14 people sleeping in our house! Keith, Erica and their three kids came down for the night - it was SO great to see them! And my mother in law, sister in law and two of her kids were here too! We had such a nice visit with them. I LOVE having my house filled up with people! I love the sound of children snoring sweetly as they sleep on cots in my bedroom. But mostly I love spending time with our family.

Easter weekend my parents, brother, and his girlfriend Sara, were here. It was a super nice visit as well. We had never really had a chance to get to know Sara before then, and as it turns out, she's a pretty great girl! She and my brother are really cute together - I hope they get married, hint, hint...

I think that's about it for now. I'll try to be a more faithful blogger...Thanks for checking in...