A Chill in the air???

Ok, well there's definitely not a chill in this Houston air, but by this time in the summer, I like to convince myself that it's just around the corner, even though realistically we'll still be running the AC at Thanksgiving... The temperatures have dipped just enough to make playing outside a little more feasible, so we've enjoyed doing that this week, and are officially settled in from our 3 week vacation to upstate New York. Whenever we get back from the cottage, we always spend the next few weeks scheming about how we would be able to spend even more time up there in the cool air and in the river, the next year....

Paul and I are on quite the kick around the house at the moment. We are tearing all our drawers, cabinets, closets apart, and getting rid of STUFF. How on earth we collect so much of it always amazes me, but it feels so good to be getting rid of it. We will be having a HUGE garage sale just as soon as that chill really is in the air!

After we tackle that project, it's on to painting the outside trim and working on our landscaping. Eventually this house will look the way we have always intended it to!

In other news, I've had lots of fun putting together a nursery for Ginger. She is still sleeping in our room at the moment, but I'm hoping to try putting her upstairs in her own room very soon. I'll be posting pics of the finished project just as soon as it's finished. It's fun to get to be girly since I couldn't do that with the twins...although I suspect one little two year old girl I know might get a little jealous when she sees it...

Oh, and besides football season for Paul, the other best thing about this time of year.........SCHOOL! Or preschool, mother's day out, whatever you want to call it, it's happening in one week! The twins will only go one day a week, but boy is it a great day! I'm really hoping Owen does better this year than last spring. They are going to a new school so that's not going to help, but hopefully him being a little older will help. He always says "no school mommy" everytime he hears me mention something about it in passing :(

That's it for now, I'm off to clean out something! But here's some pictures:

Two little monkeys...

Budding artist.

Anytime is the right time to be a princess with a magic wand!

We went to a "touch a truck" event last weekend. Kids are allowed to get on all sorts of big trucks...this was an ambulance. Lots of fun but WAY TOO HOT!

Owen LOVES school buses!

Miss Ginger in her bumbo. She rolled over this week!

Cottage Days...

It's Monday afternoon and Paul and I are sitting in Clayton's only coffee shop, "downtown." This is the first time I've had real internet access in the 12 days we've been up here so far! His parents have dial-up at the cottage...it's not even worth the effort getting on, I can't believe people still have that.

Anyways we are having a good time and enjoy the weather...highs in the high 70's most days...don't hate me. Enjoy our picture show. I have to go now..I actually had to pay for this real internet access, and my time is up...plus there are more ice cream cones to be eaten and boats to be driven :)