Summer Daze

It's been a rather slow week here in the Hinman house. I am not complaining about this, since things are about to ramp up very soon. Next week we have several doctors appointments (including a pediatric dentist to deal with Stella and her thumb sucking...I'm sure that appointment will be joyful...), get togethers and so on. The public schools here have their first day of school on August 4. Holy crap, right?!?!? Yes, that seems early to me, even by Georgia standards. Luckily, my guys don't start until August 18, which gives us a few more weeks of summer! I feel like we've (mostly) made good use of this time off, between travelling, playing at the pool and park, and some good old fashioned time running around in the backyard. It's been a little more difficult to play in the yard the past week as it's stormed almost every afternoon.

Stella has been moved up to another level of swimming - we are so proud of her! She has really taken to the water, which is not surprising given that Steve swam competitively in high school and I was a lifeguard for most of my high school summers. And no, I don't particularly enjoy swimming for exercise (<--- such a dirty little word), I do enjoying treading water and soaking up some sun. Anyway, Stella has become quite the little fish and it's fun to watch her take such interest in it. That's also good, because I'm really not sure soccer is going to be her sport...

I'm also happy to tell you that Simon has really done well with the whole potty training event. I refer to potty training as an event because it does, in fact, take over your life. Be jealous of the delightful conversations Steve and I now have regarding the toilet, poop and so on ;). Simon is also really into riding his bike, which, incidentally, is Stella's old pink tricycle. Thankfully he doesn't seem to mind the color.

So, that's our life right now in a nutshell. The calm before the storm that is back to school, schedules and setting the alarm clock. It'll be here before we know it. YIKES!!!