Summer summary

Our summer isn't quite done yet, but I wanted to record a few things for memory's sake:

Girl's favorite movie: The Court Jester

Gordon's favorite: Any movie, so long as he can climb up and stand 3 inches from the TV screen to watch it. He will watch "Elmo's World" from the floor. 

Ben's new hobby, which I completely approve of, is road cycling. He loves it.

We don't have a yard, but I bought a hose and sprinkler for the kids to play in anyway. No one from the apartment complex has shut me down yet. We only get to use the pool across the street on Saturdays. The beaches have been a lot more crowded since school got out in June, and the water has remained cold. So we haven't been out to the ocean as much as I would have liked this summer. 

Looking for missing vital items like wallets cell phones, and keys. Gordon is a master Houdini. I was in the 90 degree laundry room, and on my way out noticed my keys were missing out of my bag. I spent 5 minutes looking for them, and began to assume Gordon had thrown them in the washing machine. On my way out of the room, he opens one of the dryers and there they were. 

Ben didn't work this summer, and that was a welcome break. He needed it after the graduate school marathon he'd been running since fall of 2008. He got to hang out with the kids, play with them, and I got some much-needed time to myself. I feel ready for him to go back to school and work, something I have not been able to say for the past few years.