Family Time and Pictures

Isn't it funny that the more organized we are and the more we get done, the more time we have to do our own thing? I think that I spend so much time trying to creatively avoid doing the inevitable that I don't do much other stuff, either. The past two weeks I have given a concerted effort to complete my own chore chart and to help the girls finish their jobs. They have little "rewards" for doing their work. I have the joy of knowing that my house is clean. This past week even though I have been busy, my house has been clean, we have gone to free swimming lessons at the local pool, we have had playdates with friends, I have watched my DVRed shows and movies, and we have spent time as a family. It's great!

I am going to try to make sure that on Saturdays we have fun family activities this summer. I am starting to realize that once school starts I won't see nearly as much of my Jillise as I would like! So instead of Saturday being the schlep around the house/go to Safeway/mow the lawn day it usually is I want to try to do something fun as a family in addition to the other stuff (this is where my needing to be organized comes into play). Today we went to the pool as a family. It was a bit cold, but we all had alot of fun and now we are all exhausted. I am hoping the girls aren't asleep downstairs. If they are, Brian gets to stay up late with them tonight!

In re-reading this post I realize that it is a tad random. I told you I was tired...

Here are some pictures I pulled off of my camera today and some that Bonnie sent me from swimming lessons because I couldn't FIND my camera (it was on my dresser in plain sight):

Here we have the fun new trays I found at Walmart for less than a dollar each. And yes, those are purple sprinkles on the applesauce. I buy the unsweetened stuff and then I put a few colored sprinkles on it and the girls think they are getting a treat. And this is a typical lunch for my girls. They will eat all of it, then be starving an hour later. Is this normal? Am I not feeding them enough???

Fathers Day Breakfast:

The Fathers Day frame pre and post words:

The girls playing in our new bedding:

Swimming Lessons (which were a HUGE success, mainly because the teacher lives two houses up from us and the kids knew her):