good-bye

Well, we've already said good-bye to both of the goldfish!  I'm not feeling too bad.  :)  It was kinda fun to have them, but extra work for me - which I don't exactly need right now...  Caleb's fish died after the boys dirtied up the water (I was mowing the lawn and Mike, super exhausted as he is this time of year, fell asleep on the couch), and Logan's fish was just dead when we got back from the cottage Saturday.  Well, now I've got fish food on hand for fair time next summer!

Both Caleb and Logan have gotten into getting dressed in various clothing items.  The other morning they sneakily got dressed first thing in the morning and surprised me by showing up downstairs like this:

It's fun, but we've also got to work on taking care of their things - they have been making a disaster of their room!  I'm fine with the room not being perfect, but really, they don't need to just open the drawers and start throwing everything out...

Levi is just too much fun right now.  He's gotten really good at communicating and getting his point across when he wants something.  He's also our resident doorman - he goes around to make sure all doors are shut.  He's pretty attached to me - when there's an evening that I'm going to leave to get groceries or something he'll be crying when I leave, even though he's with Mike.  And, the other night the boys had a babysitter for just a bit because Mike was still at work and I had to leave for a photo shoot - Levi was NOT happy.  I think he calmed down fairly soon after I left, but Mike said Levi ran right to him when he got home.

Saturday was a fun day at the cottage, Sunday was a busy day with church stuff, and today it was super nice to have Mike home from work.  Labor Day is always very much needed around here!  We had breakfast and spent the morning at my parent's (beautiful morning for a hayride), for awhile in the afternoon I went to a friend's house to learn about canning, and we just spent the evening at home.  Back to reality tomorrow!