One big week.

Seriously.....unless you are a blood relative, I'm sure you don't care to watch this video. This one is for the Grammas. It's a few seconds of Sadie finally swimming without her floaties. It's not even her best swimming. She does her best when I'm in the pool and she swims to me. But, it was a big relief and a happy day for me when she finally chose to leave those floaties behind.

Then a few days later, Camryn let Miles take her training wheels off her bike and she just started riding. She didn't even need any help or fall down at all, she was so ready at 7 1/2. I'll get a video of that soon too.

Now that school is in session, it's quieter around here with the girls gone. I miss them, but one thing I don't miss, is the way they got EVERYTHING out when they played all summer. The play school or going on a trip, both which require them to pull out every backpack or bag they can find and pack them with clothes, books, toys, snacks, etc. It takes forever to clean up and a lot of effort to get them to clean it up. The day I took this picture, they had turned the stairs into an airplane for a trip to China.