We're still here

Yes, I am still here in the blogging world, just haven't updated in a while. I blame it on being busy, tired and just plain lazy. Jason was gone to New York this past week on a business trip so it was just me and the kiddos holding down the fort. I always hate when he leaves because I don't really have anything to look forward to in the evenings...no daddy/hubby coming home to entertain the kids and no adult conversation for me. It's especially bad in the summer since there is no good tv on - especially now that So You Think You Can Dance is over. Which, I must say I am happy with the results. Even though Danny was technically the "better" dancer...Sabra definitely had the more likeable personality to go with her amazing dancing. I was a bit disappointed with this season though, I was just hoping there would be some choreography that was as great as last year, but they did kinda make up for it in the finale, which ended up being a really good production. Now what am I going to do with my time on Wed. and Thur. evenings? Enlighten myself with some intellectual reading? Doubt it..I'll stick to my mindless mystery novels, thank you!

So while Jason was gone this week how else did we fill up our lonely days?? Why, shopping of course!! I've had a gift card from Ikea for a while and I thought this would be a good opportunity to outfit the kids playroom with some new toys and "stuff".

This chair not only spins super fast, but also has an orange shade that entirely encloses the "rider" in it...I'm sure all of you regular IKEA shoppers have seen them before. The kids are obsessed with it to the point where I fear I'm going to have to clean up vomit from the either the inside of the chair or my four walls if they get sick while spinning with the shade open. Mayah particularly loves luring Connor into and then making it go as fast as she can without it actually tipping over! They were spinning in it as we were talking on our webcam with my parents and bro and they all said it was making them nauseous just watching them go round and round!

Also, this week didn't go by without our usual trip to the beach so here are some pictures from that, nothing too eventful happened there, unless you call two run ins with an umbrella eventful...one falling on my head and one falling on poor little Connor man. But that's the way we like the beach - relaxing and UNeventful. Mayah's favorite part of beach day was playing soccer with the older kids.