Boy, has it been a bit since I last posted. Life has been busy, as I am sure everybody's is. The kids are doing well. My daughter has been baby sitting quite a bit this summer. She is seperating her money into three different categories. The first is for a trip to Bulgaria that her school choir is planning for next spring. The second is her spending money for a shopping trip that she and I usually go on before school starts or shortly after. The third is just her spending money. It is interesting to watch her split this money up. She is currently out of her spending money, but has a job tonight. I have to say that I am proud of her for starting to take some financial responsibility and applaud her efforts.

We had two young ladies from Czeck Republic stay with us this past weekend. They were over with their choir to sing in a Voices Without Borders concert that was in our hometown this year. They were my daughter's age and were a joy to have in our home. They performed quite a few times in the area with the grand finale being last night with all of the countries present participating. It was a wonderful concert and "our girls" were amazing. It was quite the experience to see all of these children from around the worldsing together at the end of the concert. The girls left today for Chicago.

Our youngest is doing well as far as settling into our family. He now knows that this is his home and treats it as such.lol On the flip side we are in the process of Dr visits for a condition called craniosyntosis. What this means for him is that his sagittal suture (on his skull) has fused together early. We are taking this one appointment at a time. I have to admit that it is nice to have a little one in the house again that drops everything to run and greet me when I walk in the door. His enthusiastic mommy, mommy, mommy and the leap at me always makes me smile.

My middle child has decided that he is the boss and has been quite vocal about letting us know this. I am not really sure why he has gone into this mode, but it really is not working for me. This is the current area of work in progress for me.lol He is an amazingly athletic kid. He is currently taking my bike and leaving his in the garage. His little six year old body is able to balance this bike and he loves that it can go faster than his. He has no fear. Wear your helmet is a repeated phrase in our house.