Denver...the mile wide city

Hi! I'm spending the night in the lovely "city" (about the size of Anthon) of Denver, Iowa. Jaime and Aaron decided to take advantage of the long weekend to go to Minneapolis, so here we are, Tyler and me, pet sitting for Sadie, Lilo, and Stitch. I'm using A and J's computer. At first, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to post from here, but obviously, I can! Thanks to two of my loyal followers, Jenn and Diane, for their comments! This may turn out to be as exciting (and time consuming) as FaceBook, which to date I have stubbornly refused to join. I am reminded daily that "my kids" (ages 30 months, 26 months, 24 months, 20 months, and 6 months) are growing up too fast. This week I put two high chairs in storage and moved the 4 oldest to a rectangular kids' table. It's VERY cute to see them all sitting together while eating, but it makes me a little sad to see Tyler looking and acting more like a little boy than a toddler. We've all been practicing our please and thank yous, asking to be excused, and pushing our chairs in when we're done. This morning, during play dough time, Ty sat down at the table and said, "Hi friends!" A perfect day...B (age 6 months) slept for over 3 1/2 hours! I'm pretty sure that she would have slept longer if one of the kids hadn't started talking to her. And she was in a great mood while she was awake. I got to spend a lot of time with my big kids... talking, reading, and playing. Yes, a perfect day. (See how easy I am to please...I love to sleep and I love it just as much when other people sleep). As promised, tomorrow my post will focus on next June. Talk to you then!