We're Back

We're finally home from the vacation after our vacation and from two weeks of no wifi. I'm not sure how that's even possible, but it is. Luckily I had my phone so I was able to get email through all the spotty coverage. If I had had no internet and no email a little part of me would have died inside. We got home late last night, in time to pick up a gallon of milk so we could have cereal for dinner, a favorite of the whole family, especially on nights when we get home from a trip and there is nothing else to eat in the refrigerator, and get the kids to bed at a reasonable time. Instead of starting to unpack last night and leaving stuff all over the house, Charlie and I also opted to go to bed early and tackle it all today. Good thing since Sarah woke us up to pee around 1am and Amanda woke us up because that's what she does some time after that.

Today we just got used to being home again. Luckily I did tons of laundry while we were gone, more often than I would ever do it if we were at home, so we mostly came home with clean clothes. I love that, it makes getting home from the vacation so much better. I was still able to find two loads, but at this moment the only dirty clothes in the house are the ones that we wore today. Now if we could just put away the last few things that we unpacked the house would be back to normal, or as normal is it usually is. We spent the day hanging out at home, mostly in our pajamas, playing Wii as a family, which is pretty amusing since Sarah is horrible at it, and just trying to get in the mind set of not being on vacation. We did a little swimming, had a simple dinner, one of those there's nothing in the fridge so what stand-by staple is available dinners, and put the kids to bed on time. Yes! We've actually been pretty good about keeping to our set bedtime this summer, so going back to school shouldn't be too tough.

I can't believe all of our travels are over for the summer. I had a pretty aggressive travel schedule for the kids and myself, a result of two many things being scheduled that were out of my control this year, and was worried that we wouldn't survive. In actuality, it was the exact opposite. We thrived. Because we were on the road and busy and visiting so many people, my kids didn't have that much down time to get on each other's nerves. They still found a way, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't half as bad as it could have been. They got to strengthen their relationships with their cousins, meet and see lots of friends, got to see new things and places, and had to be very flexible with all of the things we were doing. They really did great. We totally messed up the baby's sleep schedule, but other than that she did great too. She was forced to be with so many people over the last month that she lost some of her need to be with Mommy all the time. The best part of all? School is just around the corner. Sarah starts next week and Andy starts the week after. Hopefully we can survive two more weeks, it shouldn't be that hard, right?

Surprisingly I don't have that much to write about, even though we were gone for so long. So in a couple of days we should be all caught up. Then, once school starts, I'm sure there will be plenty to talk about. We're talking about my kids, remember?