Sound of rain

It was very HOT here this week, so hot that we couldn’t even open things up at night :o(. Last night I awoke to the sound of rain and thunder! I quickly opened the window to enjoy it and was blinded by the lightning. It was quite a show and went on for a couple of hours. Amazingly, the kids didn’t wake up. Today was a perfect day, about 75-80. We went for a bike ride this evening and ended up at the park. I’m looking forward to fall when the weather is more like today.
It has been a busy couple weeks and we are starting to get into a routine, although, I still feel like I’m going to forget one of the kids somewhere! Ainsley started preschool and loves it. I told her I was leaving and she thought I meant that we were leaving and she said, “I don’t want to go”. I told her she was staying and she got a big smile on her face. She’s been waiting to be a big girl for awhile. She has school Tues/Thurs. mornings and then Wed. morning I have bible study. We pick Ainsley up and go directly to Reggie’s school to drop him off (did I mention they don’t have school buses here!) and then back to the house. As if lunch wasn’t fun enough, I get to have 2 lunch times, one with Reggie at 11 and then one with Ainsley at 12. It makes riding bikes a little more complicated, but we’re still managing to do it some days. He figured out how to start and stop, so we don’t have to worry about that anymore!

Reggie had back to school night and I decided that both Ryan and I should go, so we got a babysitter. We didn’t want to waste the sitter on an hour school meeting, so we went to a comedy club in Pleasanton afterward. We laughed a lot, but we were more impressed with the opener than the main show (Tommy Davidson). The next day we went to an end of the summer party at our church and had a sleep over with Mike and Sam! They did soooo good. The older boys were pooped at the end of the day, so they went to sleep pretty quick. The other 2 did pretty good, but Ainsley didn’t fall asleep until 9! Sarah warned me that the boys would be up early, probably around 6, but Reggie and Ainsley woke up first at 6:45 and they didn’t get up until 7:20! That was great for us :o).

Sarah and Eric invited us to the Oakland A’s game and since they were playing the Mariner’s and the seats were awesome, we couldn’t say no. Thankfully, our babysitter was available on short notice, so we had 2 evenings out in 3 days! We decided we HAVE to do it more often. The next day Ryan, Reggie, Eric and Michael headed back to the stadium for another baseball game. The Mariner’s lost both nights, but everyone had fun. Reggie hasn’t been to a game in 2 years, so we weren’t sure how he would do. He wasn’t really interested in the game, but really enjoyed his sundae in a hat and the baseball bat Ryan bought for him. He got home and was all about baseball, out in the yard swinging away. It is amazing to me how much better he is at hitting then just a couple months ago (without even practicing).

Labor day was spent celebrating Sam’s birthday. It was a fun weekend filled with the Bliss’s. We had cheetos and cake and pizza and everyone was full and happy :o).