family visit

wow - I can't believe I haven't posted since 8/7! I took a little vacation - I mean, a visit to see our family. Family visits aren't really vacations are they? First we went to meet our new nephew (beautiful 5 day old baby boy!) and see my brother and sister in-law, in-laws, grandparents and an aunt on my husband's side. Then we ventured to see my dad and kids, mom and sister and the other set of cousins. The kids had a ton of fun. We swam in the pool and shopped at an outlet center in PA where there is no tax on clothes for school. Then we left our children at Gramma's house in PA and came on back home. The girlies stayed with Gramma till yesterday - a whole week! They got spoiled and played mini golf, went to 2 amusement parks, countless toys from McDonalds, etc. What they also got was junk food, no bedtime, and rewarded for whining! It should take a few days to whip them back into shape:)

I really missed them. It was exceptionally quiet in the house and for the most part I just tried to enjoy doing nothing. Reading a book, catching up on some TV I had recorded on the DVR, grocery shopping alone! Although I enjoyed getting to do these things by myself, I really found that I like the swirling chaos of noise - Hannah Montana and someone singing along in the bedroom while Phineas and Ferb is on the TV and giggling. It was way too quiet without them.

I'm glad they are home. I hope they are glad to be home too. I hope they are still glad when I drag them to the store later to get supplies for making school lunches - school starts on Monday!