Farewell To Summer 2009

Last year I posted a few somethings that happened during summer 2008. So I thought I'd share a few somethings from summer 2009. Makes sense, right?

Maybe not, sense may or may not be something I'm accused of possessing...like when I put a wig on my baby. It still makes me snicker.

Until I think of my baby being compared to George Costanza's mother (Seinfeld).

My summer somethings. Version 2009.

• Something I found - a love for the Waltons tv series, I had never watched it until this summer
  
• Something I lost - a lot of vegetables in our garden to our abundance of town wildlife
  
• Something I learned - when Samuel draws on himself it releases an inner tribal instinct, complete with grunting and muscle making
• Something I wish I could forget - seven toys can fit in my toilet drain, it's now a known fact
• Something fun - staying up all night playing board games with my brothers and sisters
  
• Something not so fun - getting up at the crack of dawn with little ones after playing games all night with my brothers and sisters
• Something I worried about - Samuel's broken arm
  
• Something that drove me to my knees - the direction of our country
  
• Something sweet - the flowers and gift already waiting for me at our restaurant table on our anniversary
• Something ugly - my dental bills and the work I still need to have done
  
• Something I coveted- a Jersey milk cow (and land, still)
  
• Something scary - when Samuel almost drowned!
  
• Something that made me happy - my sweet, wonderful babies (all 3)
• Something unexpected - Caleb's unending appetite when it came to reading
• Something I finished - unpacking all the boxes from our kitchen renovation (from last summer)
• Something I tried - cloth diapers and I think we're ready to commit
  
• Something I made - canned goodies, like pickled peppers, peach jam, pasta sauce...

Goodnight, Jim Bob. Goodnight, Mary Ellen.

Goodnight, summer.