my last pram....

Here it the pram that came from the nice DHL man today. I bought it on ebay because I needed the chassis for the new seat I couldn't resist recently, for $30......I was going to buy a brand new chassis, but it was $230....so I saw this pram, with the chassis I needed, for $100.....follow? That's okay, it's not so exciting unless you are one of the few pram-crazies.....

Here it is with the new seat I already had....

Here Charlotte Claire, Sonja, and Jon watch a particularly interesting episode of, "Clifford The Big Red Dog"....Sonja is home from school with a cold and cough....

Do you believe that this 10 month old baby just propelled herself backwards all the way accross the living room in this car? She is just a monster. She goes and goes.....Oh, the sticker on the front of the car says, "gas station", Jon knows that.....

And here is Jonathan......

Here they are in the hot tub....it was nice, but too hot....someone keeps turning it up to 102 degrees....and of course when I ask, nobody did it. It still felt really nice.....then we sat in the sun a bit while the kids went on the swings, Charlotte Claire dragging her nice clean towel throught the dirt under the swings.....then, in the house for a little lunch. Charlotte Claire did not go to sleep for her nap, but came back out here......she needs to be put back to bed....she is very tired and, Jon just took one of her chips, and wow!

Today, it is beautifully warm and sunny again. I swept the floor, vacuumed the edges, vacuumed the living room, did some laundry, washed counters, gave the kids breakfast, fussed with and took care of Camille, the normally happy baby, who has a cold. Then when she went to bed, I took the kids outside...but I know when she is sleeping, I SHOULD be getting a little more done around here. I was gone shopping all day yesterday, so there is a lot to do....But: tomorrow is promising to be cloudy, and maybe even rainy! I sure hope so!!!

Tonight is elementary open house for the kids.....Paul was asking last night if we HAD to go.....I mean, we have gone to open houses for 18 years straight. And not always one a year, either...there is elementary, then middle school, then high school.....we've seen it all.....and the middle and high school kids really don't even want to go....but the elementary kids do all the nice projects to show mom and dad, make those pictures of themselves to put on their desks so we can guess where they sit..... This is an example of one of the situations I have to really have to wake up in, come out of that been-there-done-that daze and be amazed at my children......again. and again....

I think we are having chicken for dinner. Probably grilled.....and with what? Don't know yet...but a good thing: Emily the nurse bought Mariel a new cookbook yesterday....a really nice thick one.....so maybe she'll try something out for dinner......baking is really her thing, but she likes to cook, too. She will kill me for writing about her, but she is a healthy eater.....extremely. She doesn't eat fast food, or pizza, or donuts. And she runs at least 5 miles a day.

Well, Charlotte Claire still needs to go back to bed, and now she needs a diaper change.....